ñoqui
[ˈɲoki]
The verdict
“ñoqui” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #75,062 among 11 “Ñ” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,062
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 11
- “Ñ” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alimento típico de la cocina italiana, consistente en pequeños bollos de masa de papa, harina y huevo, que se hierven ligeramente y se sirven en salsa.
Corpus desk
Index ES-noqui · ñoqui · Spanish
ñoqui · rank #75,062 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,062
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 11
- PHOTO-FINISH Zumpango
Nearest frequency peer: Zumpango (-3 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 “ñoqui”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- zancos
zancos
24,946 corpus weight
- zancudo
zancudo
24,945 corpus weight
- Zaza
Zaza
24,944 corpus weight
- Zumpango
Zumpango
24,942 corpus weight
- ñoqui
ñoqui
24,939 corpus weight
- abarcaban
abarcaban
24,931 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ñoqui” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ñoqui |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɲoki] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #75,062 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ñoqui” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ñoqui is uncommon Spanish at frequency #75,062 among 11 “Ñ” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɲoki]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for ñoqui in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is ñoqui, spelled Ñ-O-Q-U-I.
Definition
- 1Alimento típico de la cocina italiana, consistente en pequeños bollos de masa de papa, harina y huevo, que se hierven ligeramente y se sirven en salsa.
- 2Funcionario o empleado que cobra un salario sin desempeñar realmente la tarea correspondiente.
- 3Puñetazo, golpe.^([cita requerida])
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ñoqui appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
—No es para tibios esto. ¿O a vos te parece que esto es para tibios? —A mí me da... yo soy un tibio. —¿Vos sabés lo que es echar a un ñoqui? Es la tarea más compleja a la que te enfrentás. Porque el ñoqui está instalado desde hace treinta años, veinte años (el concepto de ñoqui). Entonces, no es que echás a un ñoqui y listo. No, te enfrentás al sindicato,…
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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