horquillas

[oɾˈkiʝas]

/[oɾˈkiʝas]/ verb

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The verdict

“horquillas” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #60,874 among 1,569 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,874
frequency rank, Spanish
1,569
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de horquillar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-horquillas · horquillas · Spanish

horquillas · rank #60,874 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,874
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,569
  • PHOTO-FINISH holística

Nearest frequency peer: holística (-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 “horquillas”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “horquillas” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for horquillas
PropertyValue
Headwordhorquillas
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[oɾˈkiʝas]
Letters10
Frequency rank#60,874
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “horquillas” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).horquillascae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “holística” (#60,873), “hol” (#60,872), “huma” (#60,876). Entre 1,569 lemas con “H”, “horquillas” va en #60,874. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

horquillas is uncommon Spanish at frequency #60,874 among 1,569 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [oɾˈkiʝas]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de horquillar.".

horquillas doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is horquillas, spelled H-O-R-Q-U-I-L-L-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de horquillar.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "horquillas"?
"horquillas" is spelled H-O-R-Q-U-I-L-L-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [oɾˈkiʝas].
What does "horquillas" mean?
As a verb, "horquillas" means: Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de horquillar.
How do you pronounce "horquillas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "horquillas" is [oɾˈkiʝas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "horquillas" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "horquillas", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

humillando#60,877golpecitos#60,849interponen#60,900frenéticos#60,832

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list