rara
[ˈraɾa]
The verdict
“rara” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #3,210 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,210
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
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) |
Where “rara” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for rara is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈraɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,210 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(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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Using “rara”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is R-A-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈraɾa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “rr” - see the side-by-side comparison. rara vs rr
- 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.