rémora
[ˈremoɾa]
The verdict
“rémora” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #79,538 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,538
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Familia Echeneidae) Cualquiera de ocho especies de peces perciformes, cuya aleta dorsal está modificada para funcionar como una ventosa, con la que se adhieren al vientre u otra parte de peces de ...
Corpus desk
Index ES-remora · rémora · Spanish
rémora · rank #79,538 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,538
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH sabandija
Nearest frequency peer: sabandija (+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 “rémora”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- rozado
rozado
20,469 corpus weight
- roñoso
roñoso
20,468 corpus weight
- Rubilar
Rubilar
20,466 corpus weight
- rémora
rémora
20,463 corpus weight
- sabandija
sabandija
20,462 corpus weight
- Salcido
Salcido
20,459 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “rémora” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rémora |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈremoɾa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #79,538 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “rémora” en español
Rare enough to double-check
rémora is uncommon Spanish at frequency #79,538 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈremoɾa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for rémora, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is rémora, spelled R-É-M-O-R-A.
Definition
- 1(Familia Echeneidae) Cualquiera de ocho especies de peces perciformes, cuya aleta dorsal está modificada para funcionar como una ventosa, con la que se adhieren al vientre u otra parte de peces de mayor tamaño. Mantienen con estos una relación de comensalismo, alimentándose de los restos de sus presas.
- 2Por extensión, obstáculo o carga que dificulta el avance en algún sentido
This word in other languages
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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