pezuña de vaca

[peˈsuɲa ð̞e ˈβ̞aka]

/[peˈsuɲa ð̞e ˈβ̞aka]/ phrase

The verdict

“pezuña de vaca” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Bauhinia forficata) Árbol de la familia de las fabáceas, ampliamente difundido en América del Sur, sobre todo en zonas de abundante sol y pocas heladas. Corteza delgada, parduzca. Hojas caducas, a...

Key facts for pezuña de vaca
PropertyValue
Headwordpezuña de vaca
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[peˈsuɲa ð̞e ˈβ̞aka]
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “pezuña de vaca” sits in Spanish frequency

pezuña de vaca falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Spanish words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pezuña de vaca is 14 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [peˈsuɲa ð̞e ˈβ̞aka]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(Bauhinia forficata) Árbol de la familia de las fabáceas, ampliamente difundido en América del Sur, sobre todo en zonas de abundante sol y pocas heladas. Corteza delgada, parduzca. Hojas caducas, a...".

No misspelling variants are generated for pezuña de vaca in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is pezuña de vaca, spelled P-E-Z-U-Ñ-A- -D-E- -V-A-C-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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    (Bauhinia forficata) Árbol de la familia de las fabáceas, ampliamente difundido en América del Sur, sobre todo en zonas de abundante sol y pocas heladas. Corteza delgada, parduzca. Hojas caducas, acorazonadas y simples. Sus flores son de color blanco y semejantes a una orquídea. Las hojas son lobuladas y semejan a la huella de una pezuña. Se cultiva como ornamental. En medicina natural se usa en infusión contra la diabetes.

Synonyms

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pezuña de vaca"?
"pezuña de vaca" is spelled P-E-Z-U-Ñ-A- -D-E- -V-A-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is [peˈsuɲa ð̞e ˈβ̞aka].
What does "pezuña de vaca" mean?
As a phrase, "pezuña de vaca" means: (Bauhinia forficata) Árbol de la familia de las fabáceas, ampliamente difundido en América del Sur, sobre todo en zonas de abundante sol y pocas heladas. Corteza delgada, parduzca. Hojas caducas, a...
How do you pronounce "pezuña de vaca"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pezuña de vaca" is [peˈsuɲa ð̞e ˈβ̞aka]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “pezuña de vaca”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is P-E-Z-U-Ñ-A- -D-E- -V-A-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [peˈsuɲa ð̞e ˈβ̞aka] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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