Retículo
[reˈt̪ikulo]
The verdict
“Retículo” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #69,765 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #69,765
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nombre de una constelación austral, situada entre las constelaciones de la Serpiente de Mar (Hydrus), la Dorada (Dorado), el Pintor (Pictor) y el Reloj (Horologium). Su figura representa el retícul...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Retículo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [reˈt̪ikulo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #69,765 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Retículo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Retículo is 8 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [reˈt̪ikulo]. Corpus data places it at rank #69,765 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Nombre de una constelación austral, situada entre las constelaciones de la Serpiente de Mar (Hydrus), la Dorada (Dorado), el Pintor (Pictor) y el Reloj (Horologium). Su figura representa el retícul...".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Retículo, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is Retículo, spelled R-E-T-Í-C-U-L-O.
Definition
- 1Nombre de una constelación austral, situada entre las constelaciones de la Serpiente de Mar (Hydrus), la Dorada (Dorado), el Pintor (Pictor) y el Reloj (Horologium). Su figura representa el retículo de un telescopio para ubicar las estrellas. Inicialmente se llamó el Rombo.
Synonyms
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 “Retículo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is R-E-T-Í-C-U-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [reˈt̪ikulo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.