junquillo
[xũŋˈkiʝo]
The verdict
“junquillo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Planta de jardinería, especie de narciso, de flores muy olorosas de color amarillo, cuya caña o tallo es liso y parecido al junco.
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Index ES-junquillo · junquillo · Spanish
junquillo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | junquillo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [xũŋˈkiʝo] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “junquillo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
junquillo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [xũŋˈkiʝo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for junquillo in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 junquillo, spelled J-U-N-Q-U-I-L-L-O.
Definition
- 1Planta de jardinería, especie de narciso, de flores muy olorosas de color amarillo, cuya caña o tallo es liso y parecido al junco.
- 2Nombre de diversas plantas vivaces, de la familia de las palmas, con tallos que alcanzan gran longitud, nudosos a trechos, delgados, sarmentosos y muy fuertes; hojas abrazadoras en los nudos, lisas y flexibles, zarcillos espinosos, flores de tres pétalos, y fruto abayado y rojo como la cereza. Vive en los bosques de la India y otros países de Oriente, y de su tallo se hacen bastones.
- 3Moldura de perfil semicircular, como el toro ó bocel, pero mucho menor.
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.