mochuelo
[moˈt͡ʃwelo]
The verdict
“mochuelo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #80,299 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,299
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Athene noctua) Ave rapaz nocturna nativa del meridión europeo y el septentrión africano. Tiene la conformación típica de los estrígidos, con el cuerpo robusto, la cabeza grande y los ojos frontale...
Corpus desk
Index ES-mochuelo · mochuelo · Spanish
mochuelo · rank #80,299 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,299
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH modelados
Nearest frequency peer: modelados (+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 “mochuelo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- minijuego
minijuego
19,709 corpus weight
- minimizado
minimizado
19,708 corpus weight
- mistress
mistress
19,704 corpus weight
- mochuelo
mochuelo
19,702 corpus weight
- modelados
modelados
19,701 corpus weight
- monoteísmo
monoteísmo
19,697 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “mochuelo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mochuelo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [moˈt͡ʃwelo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #80,299 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “mochuelo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
mochuelo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #80,299 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [moˈt͡ʃwelo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Athene noctua) Ave rapaz nocturna nativa del meridión europeo y el septentrión africano. Tiene la conformación típica de los estrígidos, con el cuerpo robusto, la cabeza grande y los ojos frontale...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for mochuelo in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is mochuelo, spelled M-O-C-H-U-E-L-O.
Definition
- 1(Athene noctua) Ave rapaz nocturna nativa del meridión europeo y el septentrión africano. Tiene la conformación típica de los estrígidos, con el cuerpo robusto, la cabeza grande y los ojos frontales, de gran tamaño y color grisáceo-amarillento. El plumaje es pardo, con motas blancas, y líneas punteadas blancas recorriendo las alas.
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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