raquis
[ˈrakis]
The verdict
“raquis” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #71,365 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #71,365
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Eje de la inflorescencia en espiga del trigo y otros cereales.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | raquis |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈrakis] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #71,365 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “raquis” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for raquis is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈrakis]. Corpus data places it at rank #71,365 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for raquis, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. 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 raquis, spelled R-A-Q-U-I-S.
Definition
- 1Eje de la inflorescencia en espiga del trigo y otros cereales.
- 2Tallo o pecíolo principal al que los folíolos de una hoja compuesta se fijan, sobre todo en las palmas y helechos
- 3Eje de la pluma de las aves
- 4Conjunto de las vértebras articuladas que alojan la médula espinal en los vertebrados
Synonyms
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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 “raquis”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is R-A-Q-U-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈrakis] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.