ósculo
[ˈoskulo]
The verdict
“ósculo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Caricia que se da con los labios u otras partes de la boca, en especial el dado en la mejilla a modo de saludo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-osculo · ósculo · Spanish
ósculo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Ó" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ósculo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈoskulo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ósculo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ósculo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈoskulo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for ósculo in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is ósculo, spelled Ó-S-C-U-L-O.
Definition
- 1Caricia que se da con los labios u otras partes de la boca, en especial el dado en la mejilla a modo de saludo.
- 2Orificio mayor de las esponjas, por donde sale el agua ya filtrada
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ósculo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Con el cual ósculo me infundió un incendio de amor, que me dejó como mudada en otra de la que soy».
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.