rallo
[ˈraʝo]
The verdict
“rallo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,567 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,567
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Utensilio de cocina, compuesto principalmente de una chapa de metal, curva y llena de agujerillos de borde saliente, que sirve para desmenuzar el pan, el queso, etc., restregándolos con él.
Corpus desk
Index ES-rallo · rallo · Spanish
rallo · rank #59,567 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,567
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH ranch
Nearest frequency peer: ranch (+1 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 “rallo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- radicar
radicar
40,438 corpus weight
- radicarse
radicarse
40,437 corpus weight
- rallo
rallo
40,434 corpus weight
- ranch
ranch
40,433 corpus weight
- rapado
rapado
40,432 corpus weight
- ratoncito
ratoncito
40,431 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “rallo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rallo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈraʝo] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #59,567 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “rallo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
rallo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,567 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈraʝo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
rallo has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is rallo, spelled R-A-L-L-O.
Definition
- 1Utensilio de cocina, compuesto principalmente de una chapa de metal, curva y llena de agujerillos de borde saliente, que sirve para desmenuzar el pan, el queso, etc., restregándolos con él.
- 2Lámina metálica con agujeros iguales a los de ese instrumento₁, empleada para cualquier uso.
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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