folículo
[foˈlikulo]
The verdict
“folículo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #66,177 among 18,759 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,177
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 18,759
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fruto monocarpelar, con una valva o ventalla, que se rompe a lo largo por un solo lado, y que contiene sujetas las semillas en un receptáculo propio.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | folículo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [foˈlikulo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #66,177 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “folículo” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
folículo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #66,177 among 18,759 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [foˈlikulo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for folículo, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is folículo, spelled F-O-L-Í-C-U-L-O.
Definition
- 1Fruto monocarpelar, con una valva o ventalla, que se rompe a lo largo por un solo lado, y que contiene sujetas las semillas en un receptáculo propio.
- 2Glándula sencilla, en forma de saquito, situada en la superficie de la piel o de las mucosas.
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 “folículo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-O-L-Í-C-U-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [foˈlikulo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.