caracola
[kaɾaˈkola]
The verdict
“caracola” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,381 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,381
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Caracol marino grande, de forma cónica, que, abierto por el vértice y soplando por él, produce un sonido como de trompa.
Corpus desk
Index ES-caracola · caracola · Spanish
caracola · rank #68,381 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,381
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH capturen
Nearest frequency peer: capturen (-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 “caracola”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- canchero
canchero
31,624 corpus weight
- caprichosas
caprichosas
31,622 corpus weight
- capturen
capturen
31,621 corpus weight
- caracola
caracola
31,620 corpus weight
- caracteriza…
caracterizaciones
31,619 corpus weight
- cardos
cardos
31,618 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “caracola” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caracola |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaɾaˈkola] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #68,381 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “caracola” en español
Rare enough to double-check
caracola is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,381 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaɾaˈkola]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for caracola in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is caracola, spelled C-A-R-A-C-O-L-A.
Definition
- 1Caracol marino grande, de forma cónica, que, abierto por el vértice y soplando por él, produce un sonido como de trompa.
- 2Caracol terrestre de concha blanca.
- 3Tuerca.
- 4Planta trepadora de jardín y la flor de ella.
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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