r
Spanish, noun
r is spelled R (one letter) and appears 117 times per million words in written Spanish, the 737th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). R is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “the letter r” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, R is a different word: “abbreviation of rey (“king”)”.
What does r mean in English?
letter
- 1
The nineteenth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.
noun
- 1
femininethe letter r
letter
- 1
The nineteenth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.
noun
- 1
abbreviation of rey (“king”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. Marca del infinitivo de todos los verbos en español.
letter: 1. Decimonovena letra del alfabeto español y decimoquinta consonante. Su nombre es erre.
letter: 1. Decimonovena letra del abecedario español. Su nombre es erre y puede representar el fonema consonante vibrante alveolar simple (/ɾ/, entre dos vocales o al final de la sílaba) o vibrante alveolar múltiple (/r/, doble "r" entre dos vocales o al comienzo de la sílaba).
abbreviation: 1. Río.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of r
- R uppercase
- r lowercase
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is r in Spanish?
r appears 117 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).