carbúnculo
[kaɾˈβ̞ũŋkulo]
The verdict
“carbúnculo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nombre dado al rubí porque se suponía que lucía en la oscuridad como un carbón encendido.
Corpus desk
Index ES-carbunculo · carbúnculo · Spanish
carbúnculo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carbúnculo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaɾˈβ̞ũŋkulo] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “carbúnculo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
carbúnculo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaɾˈβ̞ũŋkulo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for carbúnculo in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is carbúnculo, spelled C-A-R-B-Ú-N-C-U-L-O.
Definition
- 1Nombre dado al rubí porque se suponía que lucía en la oscuridad como un carbón encendido.
- 2Figura de una piedra preciosa que se representa colocada en el centro de ocho rayos flordelisados, pometeados o pometeados y flordelisados
- 3Enfermedad virulenta y contagiosa que ataca al ganado^([definición imprecisa])
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.