junquillo
[xũŋˈkiʝo]
The verdict
“junquillo” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Planta de jardinería, especie de narciso, de flores muy olorosas de color amarillo, cuya caña o tallo es liso y parecido al junco.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | junquillo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [xũŋˈkiʝo] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “junquillo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for junquillo is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [xũŋˈkiʝo]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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Using “junquillo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is J-U-N-Q-U-I-L-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [xũŋˈkiʝo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.