ortiga
[oɾˈt̪iɣ̞a]
The verdict
“ortiga” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,785 among 1,467 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,785
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,467
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Urtica spp.) Cualquiera de numerosas especies de plantas herbáceas, de la familia de las urticáceas, provistas de pelos rígidos en hojas y tallos que liberan al contacto ácido fórmico, sumamente u...
Corpus desk
Index ES-ortiga · ortiga · Spanish
ortiga · rank #68,785 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,785
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH organisation
Nearest frequency peer: organisation (-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 “ortiga”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Omsk
Omsk
31,222 corpus weight
- operas
operas
31,220 corpus weight
- oratorios
oratorios
31,219 corpus weight
- organisation
organisation
31,218 corpus weight
- ortiga
ortiga
31,216 corpus weight
- pachanga
pachanga
31,213 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ortiga” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ortiga |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [oɾˈt̪iɣ̞a] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #68,785 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ortiga” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ortiga is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,785 among 1,467 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [oɾˈt̪iɣ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Urtica spp.) Cualquiera de numerosas especies de plantas herbáceas, de la familia de las urticáceas, provistas de pelos rígidos en hojas y tallos que liberan al contacto ácido fórmico, sumamente u...".
ortiga has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 ortiga, spelled O-R-T-I-G-A.
Definition
- 1(Urtica spp.) Cualquiera de numerosas especies de plantas herbáceas, de la familia de las urticáceas, provistas de pelos rígidos en hojas y tallos que liberan al contacto ácido fórmico, sumamente urticante.
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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