Janucá

[xanuˈka]

/[xanuˈka]/ name

The verdict

“Janucá” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Festividad judaica que es celebrada durante ocho días, y en la que se conmemora la derrota de los helenos y la recuperación de la independencia judía a manos de los macabeos sobre los griegos, y la...

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Index ES-januca · Janucá · Spanish

Janucá · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "J" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for Janucá
PropertyValue
HeadwordJanucá
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[xanuˈka]
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “Janucá” en español

Janucáqueda fuera de las 100.000 palabras españolas más frecuentes, en la cola larga de vocabulario técnico, arcaico o raro, justo donde más se duda de la ortografía.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Janucá is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [xanuˈka]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Festividad judaica que es celebrada durante ocho días, y en la que se conmemora la derrota de los helenos y la recuperación de la independencia judía a manos de los macabeos sobre los griegos, y la...".

No misspelling variants are generated for Janucá in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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. The correct Spanish form is Janucá, spelled J-A-N-U-C-Á.

Definition

  1. 1
    Festividad judaica que es celebrada durante ocho días, y en la que se conmemora la derrota de los helenos y la recuperación de la independencia judía a manos de los macabeos sobre los griegos, y la posterior purificación del Templo de Jerusalén de los iconos paganos, en el siglo II a C.

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Janucá"?
"Janucá" is spelled J-A-N-U-C-Á. The IPA pronunciation is [xanuˈka].
What does "Janucá" mean?
As a proper noun, "Janucá" means: Festividad judaica que es celebrada durante ocho días, y en la que se conmemora la derrota de los helenos y la recuperación de la independencia judía a manos de los macabeos sobre los griegos, y la...
How do you pronounce "Janucá"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Janucá" is [xanuˈka]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Janucá" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list