rara
[ˈraɾa]
The verdict
“rara” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #3,210. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,210
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Phytotoma rara) Ave sudamericana de la familia Phytotomidae. Mide 19 cm. De plumaje en distintos tonos de pardo con secciones negruzcas, frente y corona pardo rojizas, pico corto y grueso de color...
Corpus desk
Index ES-rara · rara · Spanish
rara · rank #3,210 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,210
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH rango
Nearest frequency peer: rango (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “rara”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- querían
querían
96,794 corpus weight
- ramón
ramón
96,793 corpus weight
- rango
rango
96,792 corpus weight
- rara
rara
96,791 corpus weight
- retiro
retiro
96,790 corpus weight
- Ronda
Ronda
96,789 corpus weight
What this shows “rara” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rara |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈraɾa] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #3,210 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “rara”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around rara (IPA [ˈraɾa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,210 among 4,151 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "(Phytotoma rara) Ave sudamericana de la familia Phytotomidae. Mide 19 cm. De plumaje en distintos tonos de pardo con secciones negruzcas, frente y corona pardo rojizas, pico corto y grueso de color...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for rara, with forms such as "arra", "raar", and "rarra". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rr", "ray", "ría", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is rara, spelled R-A-R-A.
Definition
- 1(Phytotoma rara) Ave sudamericana de la familia Phytotomidae. Mide 19 cm. De plumaje en distintos tonos de pardo con secciones negruzcas, frente y corona pardo rojizas, pico corto y grueso de color negro e iris rojos, con dimorfismo sexual. Se alimenta de plantas y de brotes tiernos de árboles. Ave solitaria, que en algunas épocas del año forma pequeñas bandadas. Frecuenta campos, huertos y jardines. Su canto suena como el chirrido de una puerta al abrirse.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- arra
- raar
- rarra
- rraa
- rrara
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rara - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).