horqueta
[oɾˈket̪a]
The verdict
“horqueta” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #90,999 among 1,569 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,999
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,569
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Palo de dos puntas para sostener las ramas de los árboles.
Corpus desk
Index ES-horqueta · horqueta · Spanish
horqueta · rank #90,999 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,999
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,569
- PHOTO-FINISH humanísticas
Nearest frequency peer: humanísticas (+4 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 “horqueta”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- hermosuras
hermosuras
9,010 corpus weight
- hidratada
hidratada
9,008 corpus weight
- hidroavión
hidroavión
9,007 corpus weight
- horqueta
horqueta
9,002 corpus weight
- humanísticas
humanísticas
8,998 corpus weight
- humedecido
humedecido
8,997 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “horqueta” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | horqueta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [oɾˈket̪a] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #90,999 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “horqueta” en español
Rare enough to double-check
horqueta is uncommon Spanish at frequency #90,999 among 1,569 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [oɾˈket̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for horqueta in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is horqueta, spelled H-O-R-Q-U-E-T-A.
Definition
- 1Palo de dos puntas para sostener las ramas de los árboles.
- 2La horquilla de madera que en las cofas sirve para desatracar los brandales.
- 3Cada una de las varengas de los extremos de popa.
- 4Herramienta 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.
- 5Doblete hecho con un peón.
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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