brocal
[bɾoˈkal]
The verdict
“brocal” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #88,605 among 24,339 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,605
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 24,339
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pared que rodea la boca de un pozo, para evitar caer en él por accidente.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brocal |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bɾoˈkal] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #88,605 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “brocal” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
brocal is uncommon Spanish at frequency #88,605 among 24,339 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bɾoˈkal]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for brocal in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is brocal, spelled B-R-O-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1Pared que rodea la boca de un pozo, para evitar caer en él por accidente.
- 2Por extensión, abertura que da acceso al pozo.
- 3Pequeño embudo para llenar o beber de una bota.
- 4Refuerzo que guarece la vaina de un arma blanca.
- 5Refuerzo similar que guarece el ribete de un escudo.
- 6Refuerzo similar que guarece la boca de una pieza de artillería.
- 7Ramal secundario de una alcantarilla.
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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Using “brocal”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-R-O-C-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bɾoˈkal] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.