opérculo
[oˈpeɾkulo]
The verdict
“opérculo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #87,067 among 1,467 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,067
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,467
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Repliegue de la piel que proporciona protección externa al aparato branquial en la mayoría de los peces, suele estar endurecido por placas óseas y cubierto por escamas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-operculo · opérculo · Spanish
opérculo · rank #87,067 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,067
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH ondulados
Nearest frequency peer: ondulados (-2 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 “opérculo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Oller
Oller
12,938 corpus weight
- ondulados
ondulados
12,936 corpus weight
- opérculo
opérculo
12,934 corpus weight
- ordinales
ordinales
12,932 corpus weight
- palabrota
palabrota
12,928 corpus weight
- palla
palla
12,927 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “opérculo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | opérculo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [oˈpeɾkulo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #87,067 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “opérculo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
opérculo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #87,067 among 1,467 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [oˈpeɾkulo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for opérculo in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is opérculo, spelled O-P-É-R-C-U-L-O.
Definition
- 1Repliegue de la piel que proporciona protección externa al aparato branquial en la mayoría de los peces, suele estar endurecido por placas óseas y cubierto por escamas.
- 2Especie de válvula o tapa que cubre algún hueco.
- 3La valva de las conchas que se cierra sobre la otra.
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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