involucro

[ĩmboˈlukɾo]

/[ĩmboˈlukɾo]/ noun

The verdict

“involucro” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #58,617 among 3,428 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,617
frequency rank, Spanish
3,428
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Conjunto de brácteas situadas a la misma altura, en la base de una inflorescencia como un capítulo o una umbela. Antes de abrirse un capítulo, las florecitas están protegidas por una especie de bot...

Corpus desk

Index ES-involucro · involucro · Spanish

involucro · rank #58,617 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,617
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,428
  • PHOTO-FINISH intolerables

Nearest frequency peer: intolerables (-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 “involucro”

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 “involucro” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for involucro
PropertyValue
Headwordinvolucro
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ĩmboˈlukɾo]
Letters9
Frequency rank#58,617
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “involucro” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).involucrocae 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: “intolerables” (#58,616), “inyectando” (#58,618), “intervenidas” (#58,615). Entre 3,428 lemas con “I”, “involucro” va en #58,617. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

involucro is uncommon Spanish at frequency #58,617 among 3,428 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ĩmboˈlukɾo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Conjunto de brácteas situadas a la misma altura, en la base de una inflorescencia como un capítulo o una umbela. Antes de abrirse un capítulo, las florecitas están protegidas por una especie de bot...".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for involucro, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is involucro, spelled I-N-V-O-L-U-C-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Conjunto de brácteas situadas a la misma altura, en la base de una inflorescencia como un capítulo o una umbela. Antes de abrirse un capítulo, las florecitas están protegidas por una especie de botón floral formado por el involucro.

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 "involucro"?
"involucro" is spelled I-N-V-O-L-U-C-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩmboˈlukɾo].
What does "involucro" mean?
As a noun, "involucro" means: Conjunto de brácteas situadas a la misma altura, en la base de una inflorescencia como un capítulo o una umbela. Antes de abrirse un capítulo, las florecitas están protegidas por una especie de bot...
How do you pronounce "involucro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "involucro" is [ĩmboˈlukɾo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list