orujo
[oˈɾuxo]
The verdict
“orujo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #73,922 among 1,467 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,922
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,467
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Residuo de la molienda y prensado de frutas como la uva o la manzana.
Corpus desk
Index ES-orujo · orujo · Spanish
orujo · rank #73,922 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,922
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH orga
Nearest frequency peer: orga (-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 “orujo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- onomástica
onomástica
26,083 corpus weight
- orejeras
orejeras
26,082 corpus weight
- orga
orga
26,081 corpus weight
- orujo
orujo
26,079 corpus weight
- pacas
pacas
26,077 corpus weight
- panero
panero
26,076 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “orujo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | orujo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [oˈɾuxo] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #73,922 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “orujo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
orujo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #73,922 among 1,467 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [oˈɾuxo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for orujo in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is orujo, spelled O-R-U-J-O.
Definition
- 1Residuo de la molienda y prensado de frutas como la uva o la manzana.
- 2Bebida alcohólica destilada, en que el mosto contiene orujo₁ de uva.
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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