ocarina
[okaˈɾina]
The verdict
“ocarina” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #70,490 among 1,467 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,490
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,467
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Un instrumento de música hecho de arcilla o de cerámica.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ocarina · ocarina · Spanish
ocarina · rank #70,490 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,490
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH ocres
Nearest frequency peer: ocres (+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 “ocarina”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- nítidas
nítidas
29,515 corpus weight
- ocarina
ocarina
29,511 corpus weight
- ocres
ocres
29,510 corpus weight
- Oliverio
Oliverio
29,508 corpus weight
- olmecas
olmecas
29,507 corpus weight
- orgullos
orgullos
29,505 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ocarina” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ocarina |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [okaˈɾina] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #70,490 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ocarina” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ocarina is uncommon Spanish at frequency #70,490 among 1,467 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [okaˈɾina]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Un instrumento de música hecho de arcilla o de cerámica.".
ocarina has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 ocarina, spelled O-C-A-R-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1Un instrumento de música hecho de arcilla o de cerámica.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ocarina appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sale otro Buu del humo del Buu bueno Acabarás en forma de tableta o caramelo Uno, dos, tres: ¡Fusión! El ego de Gotenks, la ocarina de Tapión
This word in other languages
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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