besugo

[beˈsuɣ̞o]

/[beˈsuɣ̞o]/ noun

The verdict

“besugo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #92,728 among 2,459 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,728
frequency rank, Spanish
2,459
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Pagellus bogaraveo) Especie de pez perciforme de la familia de los espáridos, común en el litoral atlántico europeo y en la zona occidental del mar Mediterráneo. Tiene un aspecto típico de espárid...

Corpus desk

Index ES-besugo · besugo · Spanish

besugo · rank #92,728 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,728
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,459
  • PHOTO-FINISH bernardos

Nearest frequency peer: bernardos (-2 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “besugo”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “besugo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for besugo
PropertyValue
Headwordbesugo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[beˈsuɣ̞o]
Letters6
Frequency rank#92,728
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “besugo” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).besugocae en esta cola de rareza:

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El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “bernardos” (#92,726), “bibliografías” (#92,730), “berlinés” (#92,725). Entre 2,459 lemas con “B”, “besugo” va en #92,728. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

besugo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #92,728 among 2,459 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [beˈsuɣ̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Pagellus bogaraveo) Especie de pez perciforme de la familia de los espáridos, común en el litoral atlántico europeo y en la zona occidental del mar Mediterráneo. Tiene un aspecto típico de espárid...".

besugo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is besugo, spelled B-E-S-U-G-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Pagellus bogaraveo) Especie de pez perciforme de la familia de los espáridos, común en el litoral atlántico europeo y en la zona occidental del mar Mediterráneo. Tiene un aspecto típico de espárido, forma ovalada, con cuerpo alto y muy comprimido lateralmente. Cabeza corta y redondeada, boca pequeña y ojos muy grandes. El dorso es rojizo pardusco y los costados, plateados. Se distingue de los demás espáridos por una mancha difusa negra situada en el nacimiento de la línea lateral que lo cruza, encima de la base de la aleta pectoral.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "besugo"?
"besugo" is spelled B-E-S-U-G-O. The IPA pronunciation is [beˈsuɣ̞o].
What does "besugo" mean?
As a noun, "besugo" means: (Pagellus bogaraveo) Especie de pez perciforme de la familia de los espáridos, común en el litoral atlántico europeo y en la zona occidental del mar Mediterráneo. Tiene un aspecto típico de espárid...
How do you pronounce "besugo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "besugo" is [beˈsuɣ̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "besugo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list