mochuelo
[moˈt͡ʃwelo]
The verdict
“mochuelo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #80,299 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,299
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
| 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) |
Where “mochuelo” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mochuelo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #80,299 among 36,142 “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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-O-C-H-U-E-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.