hojarasca
[oxaˈɾaska]
The verdict
“hojarasca” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,317 among 15,034 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,317
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 15,034
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Conjunto de hojas secas caídas de los árboles, y que cubren el suelo generalmente en otoño.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hojarasca |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [oxaˈɾaska] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #59,317 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hojarasca” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hojarasca is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,317 among 15,034 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [oxaˈɾaska]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
hojarasca doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 hojarasca, spelled H-O-J-A-R-A-S-C-A.
Definition
- 1Conjunto de hojas secas caídas de los árboles, y que cubren el suelo generalmente en otoño.
- 2Demasiada e inútil frondosidad de algunos árboles o plantas.
- 3Por extensión, cosa inútil o superflua.
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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 “hojarasca”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-O-J-A-R-A-S-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [oxaˈɾaska] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.