opúsculo
[oˈpuskulo]
The verdict
“opúsculo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #84,190 among 1,467 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,190
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,467
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Obra científica o literaria de poca extensión (breve).
Corpus desk
Index ES-opusculo · opúsculo · Spanish
opúsculo · rank #84,190 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,190
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH onze
Nearest frequency peer: onze (-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 “opúsculo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- omen
omen
15,814 corpus weight
- omitida
omitida
15,813 corpus weight
- onze
onze
15,812 corpus weight
- opúsculo
opúsculo
15,811 corpus weight
- ovaladas
ovaladas
15,809 corpus weight
- ovo
ovo
15,808 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “opúsculo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | opúsculo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [oˈpuskulo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #84,190 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “opúsculo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
opúsculo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #84,190 among 1,467 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [oˈpuskulo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Obra científica o literaria de poca extensión (breve).".
opúsculo has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is opúsculo, spelled O-P-Ú-S-C-U-L-O.
Definition
- 1Obra científica o literaria de poca extensión (breve).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how opúsculo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Gama, curioso personaje, que lo mismo impartía docencia sobre mecánica en el Colegio de Minería que redactaba un opúsculo sobre las virtudes de las lagartijas para la curación del cáncer, escribió a la sazón su Descripción histórica».
«Errores ortográficos, confusiones en el tiempo, género y número, o infelices metáforas, menoscaban el esfuerzo narrativo y crean desconcierto en el lector. En el cuento Historia de Babel (publicado como opúsculo independiente en el año 2001), Alayo consigue sin embargo mejores resultados».
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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