retícula
[reˈt̪ikula]
The verdict
“retícula” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #82,385 among 48,955 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,385
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,955
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cuadrícula; conjunto de líneas arregladas para que formen cuadrados de un mismo tamaño, que ayuda al análisis visual de una cosa.
Corpus desk
Index ES-reticula · retícula · Spanish
retícula · rank #82,385 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,385
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 48,955
- PHOTO-FINISH reuma
Nearest frequency peer: reuma (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “retícula”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- resucitan
resucitan
17,620 corpus weight
- resurgido
resurgido
17,619 corpus weight
- retomada
retomada
17,618 corpus weight
- retícula
retícula
17,616 corpus weight
- reuma
reuma
17,615 corpus weight
- revaluación
revaluación
17,614 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “retícula” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | retícula |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [reˈt̪ikula] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #82,385 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “retícula” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
retícula is uncommon Spanish at frequency #82,385 among 48,955 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [reˈt̪ikula]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cuadrícula; conjunto de líneas arregladas para que formen cuadrados de un mismo tamaño, que ayuda al análisis visual de una cosa.".
retícula has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists 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 retícula, spelled R-E-T-Í-C-U-L-A.
Definition
- 1Cuadrícula; conjunto de líneas arregladas para que formen cuadrados de un mismo tamaño, que ayuda al análisis visual de una cosa.
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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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.