horqueta

/[oɾˈket̪a]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#90,999

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

horqueta is aSpanishnoun. It means: Palo de dos puntas para sostener las ramas de los árboles. Pronounced [oɾˈket̪a].

Key facts for horqueta
PropertyValue
Headwordhorqueta
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[oɾˈket̪a]
Letters8
Frequency rank#90,999
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of horqueta in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for horqueta is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [oɾˈket̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #90,999 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for horqueta in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is horqueta, spelled H-O-R-Q-U-E-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Palo de dos puntas para sostener las ramas de los árboles.
  2. 2
    La horquilla de madera que en las cofas sirve para desatracar los brandales.
  3. 3
    Cada una de las varengas de los extremos de popa.
  4. 4
    Herramienta formada por un mango que en un extremo posee dientes, usualmente de hierro, y se utiliza para trasladar paja, estiércol y otros materiales agrícolas o para remover la tierra al cultivar o al cosechar.
  5. 5
    Doblete hecho con un peón.

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This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #90,999 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "horqueta"?
"horqueta" is spelled H-O-R-Q-U-E-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [oɾˈket̪a].
What does "horqueta" mean?
As a noun, "horqueta" means: Palo de dos puntas para sostener las ramas de los árboles.
How do you pronounce "horqueta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "horqueta" is [oɾˈket̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "horqueta" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.