ramada
[raˈmað̞a]
The verdict
“ramada” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,871 among 48,955 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,871
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,955
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cobertizo hecho con ramas y cañas de maíz sobre un zarzo de palos que sostienen los horcones clavados en tierra para dar sombra. Es el complemento de todo rancho y sirve de cocina y depósito de car...
Corpus desk
Index ES-ramada · ramada · Spanish
ramada · rank #68,871 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,871
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 48,955
- PHOTO-FINISH racionar
Nearest frequency peer: racionar (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “ramada”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Quirino
Quirino
31,135 corpus weight
- quiteños
quiteños
31,134 corpus weight
- racionar
racionar
31,131 corpus weight
- ramada
ramada
31,130 corpus weight
- raptar
raptar
31,127 corpus weight
- rebrote
rebrote
31,121 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ramada” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ramada |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [raˈmað̞a] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #68,871 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ramada” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ramada is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,871 among 48,955 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [raˈmað̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cobertizo hecho con ramas y cañas de maíz sobre un zarzo de palos que sostienen los horcones clavados en tierra para dar sombra. Es el complemento de todo rancho y sirve de cocina y depósito de car...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ramada, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is ramada, spelled R-A-M-A-D-A.
Definition
- 1Cobertizo hecho con ramas y cañas de maíz sobre un zarzo de palos que sostienen los horcones clavados en tierra para dar sombra. Es el complemento de todo rancho y sirve de cocina y depósito de carretas y enseres de trabajo.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.