mucuna
[muˈkuna]
The verdict
“mucuna” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Mucuna pruriens) Planta trepadora de la familia de las fabáceas, de hojas compuestas, frutos agrupados y cubiertos de pelos que producen una fuerte picazón. En medicina natural se usa contra la es...
Corpus desk
Index ES-mucuna · mucuna · Spanish
mucuna · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | mucuna |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [muˈkuna] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “mucuna” en español
Rare enough to double-check
mucuna is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [muˈkuna]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Mucuna pruriens) Planta trepadora de la familia de las fabáceas, de hojas compuestas, frutos agrupados y cubiertos de pelos que producen una fuerte picazón. En medicina natural se usa contra la es...".
Zero misspellings are on record for mucuna in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is mucuna, spelled M-U-C-U-N-A.
Definition
- 1(Mucuna pruriens) Planta trepadora de la familia de las fabáceas, de hojas compuestas, frutos agrupados y cubiertos de pelos que producen una fuerte picazón. En medicina natural se usa contra la esterilidad, diabetes, cólera, dolor de muelas, picaduras de escorpión, mordedura de serpientes y mal de Parkinson.
Synonyms
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.