núcula
[ˈnukula]
The verdict
“núcula” 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) - Tipo de fruto indehiscente (que no se abre cuando está maduro) dotado de una cáscara o pericarpo duro. Suele contener sólo una semilla.
Corpus desk
Index ES-nucula · núcula · Spanish
núcula · 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 "N" 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 | núcula |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnukula] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “núcula” en español
Rare enough to double-check
núcula is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈnukula]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tipo de fruto indehiscente (que no se abre cuando está maduro) dotado de una cáscara o pericarpo duro. Suele contener sólo una semilla.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for núcula, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is núcula, spelled N-Ú-C-U-L-A.
Definition
- 1Tipo de fruto indehiscente (que no se abre cuando está maduro) dotado de una cáscara o pericarpo duro. Suele contener sólo una semilla.
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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.