lúpulo
[ˈlupulo]
The verdict
“lúpulo” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #61,731 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #61,731
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Humulus lupulus) Planta herbácea, perenne, trepadora de la familia de las cannabáceas, de hasta 8 m de altura, hojas palmato-lobuladas de 3 a 5 lóbulos dentados. Siendo una especie dioica, las flo...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lúpulo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlupulo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #61,731 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lúpulo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for lúpulo is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈlupulo]. Corpus data places it at rank #61,731 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for lúpulo in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is lúpulo, spelled L-Ú-P-U-L-O.
Definition
- 1(Humulus lupulus) Planta herbácea, perenne, trepadora de la familia de las cannabáceas, de hasta 8 m de altura, hojas palmato-lobuladas de 3 a 5 lóbulos dentados. Siendo una especie dioica, las flores femeninas y masculinas surgen en plantas separadas; las primeras, de color verde claro, se reúnen en amentos, mientras que las masculinas, amarillo verdosas, forman panículas. El fruto es un aquenio.
- 2Flores secas de lúpulo₁, usadas como saborizante y agente estabilizador en la cerveza.
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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.
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Using “lúpulo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is L-Ú-P-U-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈlupulo] (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.