brocal
[bɾoˈkal]
The verdict
“brocal” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #88,605 among 2,459 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,605
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pared que rodea la boca de un pozo, para evitar caer en él por accidente.
Corpus desk
Index ES-brocal · brocal · Spanish
brocal · rank #88,605 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,605
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH brotaba
Nearest frequency peer: brotaba (+1 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 “brocal”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- brevísimo
brevísimo
11,401 corpus weight
- Bringas
Bringas
11,398 corpus weight
- brocal
brocal
11,396 corpus weight
- brotaba
brotaba
11,395 corpus weight
- Bruxelles
Bruxelles
11,394 corpus weight
- c'mon
c'mon
11,390 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “brocal” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “brocal” en español
Rare enough to double-check
brocal is uncommon Spanish at frequency #88,605 among 2,459 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how brocal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
¿Cuál yo te creo? Digo que lo haré bueno, al diablo que sea, si es menester, encima de un brocal de un pozo, que cumplo palabras.
El Canal de Castilla, que se hunde bajo la carretera, que la cruza subterráneamente para mover la segunda fábrica y después precipitarse en el río —ante la fábrica— ya no es dolor: es horror. Al lado izquierdo de la carretera una especie de brocal rectangular y el agua rugiendo abajo.
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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