fórceps
[ˈfoɾseps]
The verdict
“fórceps” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #98,466 among 2,333 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,466
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,333
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrumento en forma de tenaza, que se usa para la extracción del bebé en los partos difíciles.
Corpus desk
Index ES-forceps · fórceps · Spanish
fórceps · rank #98,466 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,466
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,333
- PHOTO-FINISH fuertísimo
Nearest frequency peer: fuertísimo (-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 “fórceps”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- frutera
frutera
1,539 corpus weight
- frutillar
frutillar
1,538 corpus weight
- fuercen
fuercen
1,537 corpus weight
- fuertísimo
fuertísimo
1,536 corpus weight
- fórceps
fórceps
1,535 corpus weight
- galaico
galaico
1,533 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “fórceps” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fórceps |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfoɾseps] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #98,466 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “fórceps” en español
Rare enough to double-check
fórceps is uncommon Spanish at frequency #98,466 among 2,333 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfoɾseps]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for fórceps in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is fórceps, spelled F-Ó-R-C-E-P-S.
Definition
- 1Instrumento en forma de tenaza, que se usa para la extracción del bebé en los partos difíciles.
- 2Lo mismo pero para extraer dientes.
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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