rallo
[ˈraʝo]
The verdict
“rallo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,567 among 48,955 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,567
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,955
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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.
| 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) |
Where “rallo” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
rallo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,567 among 48,955 “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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Using “rallo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is R-A-L-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈraʝo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.