ojal
[oˈxal]
The verdict
“ojal” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #60,216 among 1,467 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,216
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,467
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Orificio en una tela por donde pasa un botón.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ojal · ojal · Spanish
ojal · rank #60,216 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,216
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH Olavide
Nearest frequency peer: Olavide (+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 “ojal”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- obstruyendo
obstruyendo
39,789 corpus weight
- oceanografía
oceanografía
39,788 corpus weight
- ojal
ojal
39,785 corpus weight
- Olavide
Olavide
39,784 corpus weight
- ombre
ombre
39,783 corpus weight
- ondeando
ondeando
39,782 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ojal” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ojal |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [oˈxal] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #60,216 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ojal” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ojal is uncommon Spanish at frequency #60,216 among 1,467 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [oˈxal]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Orificio en una tela por donde pasa un botón.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ojal, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is ojal, spelled O-J-A-L.
Definition
- 1Orificio en una tela por donde pasa un botón.
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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