ranchera
[rãnʲˈt͡ʃeɾa]
The verdict
“ranchera” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,164 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,164
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Estilo musical popular y folclórico tradicional de México.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ranchera · ranchera · Spanish
ranchera · rank #55,164 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,164
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH radiantes
Nearest frequency peer: radiantes (-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 “ranchera”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- quedábamos
quedábamos
44,841 corpus weight
- quemes
quemes
44,840 corpus weight
- radiantes
radiantes
44,838 corpus weight
- ranchera
ranchera
44,837 corpus weight
- rank
rank
44,835 corpus weight
- raspar
raspar
44,834 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ranchera” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ranchera |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [rãnʲˈt͡ʃeɾa] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,164 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ranchera” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ranchera is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,164 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [rãnʲˈt͡ʃeɾa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for ranchera in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is ranchera, spelled R-A-N-C-H-E-R-A.
Definition
- 1Estilo musical popular y folclórico tradicional de México.
- 2Estilo musical popular y folclórico tradicional de Argentina, Uruguay y la Patagonia chilena, derivado de la mazurca.
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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