oculus
/ˈo.ku.lus/
The verdict
“oculus” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,807 among 1,467 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,807
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,467
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ojo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-oculus · oculus · Spanish
oculus · rank #51,807 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,807
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH ocioso
Nearest frequency peer: ocioso (-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 “oculus”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- nítido
nítido
48,199 corpus weight
- observable
observable
48,196 corpus weight
- ocioso
ocioso
48,195 corpus weight
- oculus
oculus
48,194 corpus weight
- ofendo
ofendo
48,193 corpus weight
- oralidad
oralidad
48,190 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “oculus” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oculus |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈo.ku.lus/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #51,807 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “oculus” en español
Rare enough to double-check
oculus is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,807 among 1,467 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈo.ku.lus/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for oculus, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is oculus, spelled O-C-U-L-U-S.
Definition
- 1Ojo.
- 2Yema de una planta.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how oculus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«[…] Hoc sibi perpetuo ante oculus proponens, ut, sublatis erroribus […]».
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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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).