bloque

/[ˈbloke]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,139

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

bloque is aSpanishnoun. It means: Trozo grande de un material sólido sin labrar. Pronounced [ˈbloke]. It ranks #4,139 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with blue and buque.

Key facts for bloque
PropertyValue
Headwordbloque
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbloke]
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,139
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of bloque in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for bloque is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbloke]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,139 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for bloque, with forms such as "bbloque", "blloque", and "bloqeu". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "blue", "buque", "bosque", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is bloque, spelled B-L-O-Q-U-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Trozo grande de un material sólido sin labrar.
  2. 2
    Agrupación de casas delimitadas por calles.
  3. 3
    Edificio con cierta cantidad de espacios habitables, generalmente muy parecidos entre sí. Generalmente pequeños (de no más de cuatro plantas) y sin ascensor.
  4. 4
    Teléfono celular anticuado de gran tamaño.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbloque,blloque,bloqeu,bloqque,blouqe,blqoue,bolque,lboque,vloque

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bloque

Misspelling Variants of "bloque"

bbloque7blloque7bloqeu6bloqque7blouqe6blqoue6bolque6lboque6
Misspelling Variants of "bloque"

Frequency rank: #4,139 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bloque"?
"bloque" is spelled B-L-O-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbloke].
What does "bloque" mean?
As a noun, "bloque" means: Trozo grande de un material sólido sin labrar.
What words are commonly confused with "bloque"?
"bloque" is commonly confused with "blue", "buque", "bosque". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bloque"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bloque" is [ˈbloke]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bloque" come from?
"bloque" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.