borrasca
[boˈraska]
The verdict
“borrasca” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,351 among 2,459 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,351
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Estado violento del clima que incluye fuerte viento y lluvia.
Corpus desk
Index ES-borrasca · borrasca · Spanish
borrasca · rank #68,351 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,351
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH borramos
Nearest frequency peer: borramos (-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 “borrasca”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Boden
Boden
31,654 corpus weight
- borramos
borramos
31,652 corpus weight
- borrasca
borrasca
31,650 corpus weight
- boxear
boxear
31,647 corpus weight
- bozo
bozo
31,646 corpus weight
- brotherhood
brotherhood
31,645 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “borrasca” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | borrasca |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [boˈraska] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #68,351 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “borrasca” en español
Rare enough to double-check
borrasca is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,351 among 2,459 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [boˈraska]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for borrasca in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is borrasca, spelled B-O-R-R-A-S-C-A.
Definition
- 1Estado violento del clima que incluye fuerte viento y lluvia.
- 2En particular, borrasca₁ sobre el mar.
- 3En sentido técnico, región de bajas presiones atmosféricas.
- 4Serie de sucesivos riesgos o dificultades que se encuentran en la consecución de una empresa.
- 5Por extensión, disputa verbal agria y encendida.
- 6Celebración vivaz y desordenada ^([cita requerida]).
- 7Agotamiento de un filón ^([cita requerida]).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how borrasca appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Torné de nuevo á rompella, por ver si me aprovechaba, y cuando el fruto assomaba, vino borrasca sobre ella, que quiso el Tiempo tirano que no llegasse á sazón.
Y estuvo tres días, dexando hecha una trinchea a la lengua del agua y arrimada al castillo donde se desembarcaron los bastimentos y municiones, porque si nuestras galeras con alguna borrasca, que muy de ordinario suele haver en estas playas, les fuesse forçoso yrse a puerto más seguro, no nos faltasse el mantenimiento, que nos fuera mortal daño.
This word in other languages
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.
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