fusca
[ˈfuska]
The verdict
“fusca” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #96,354 among 2,333 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,354
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,333
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pistola (arma de fuego corta).
Corpus desk
Index ES-fusca · fusca · Spanish
fusca · rank #96,354 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,354
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,333
- PHOTO-FINISH fugan
Nearest frequency peer: fugan (-3 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 “fusca”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- fríjol
fríjol
3,653 corpus weight
- fueguina
fueguina
3,652 corpus weight
- fuelles
fuelles
3,651 corpus weight
- fugan
fugan
3,650 corpus weight
- fusca
fusca
3,647 corpus weight
- gallitos
gallitos
3,643 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “fusca” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fusca |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfuska] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #96,354 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “fusca” en español
Rare enough to double-check
fusca is uncommon Spanish at frequency #96,354 among 2,333 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfuska]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for fusca in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is fusca, spelled F-U-S-C-A.
Definition
- 1Pistola (arma de fuego corta).
- 2Pato negro.
- 3Abundancia boscosa de hojas, ramas o plantas formando un ambiente espeso de follaje.
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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