ricino
[riˈsino]
The verdict
“ricino” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,695 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,695
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Ricinus communis) Planta arbustiva de la familia Euphorbiaceae. Es originaria de África tropical, alrededor de Etiopía, pero se ha naturalizado en áreas tropicales y subtropicales de todo el mundo...
Corpus desk
Index ES-ricino · ricino · Spanish
ricino · rank #65,695 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,695
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH ribereño
Nearest frequency peer: ribereño (-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 “ricino”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- revestir
revestir
34,310 corpus weight
- revuelven
revuelven
34,308 corpus weight
- ribereño
ribereño
34,307 corpus weight
- ricino
ricino
34,306 corpus weight
- rocía
rocía
34,304 corpus weight
- rombos
rombos
34,303 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ricino” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ricino |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [riˈsino] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #65,695 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ricino” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ricino is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,695 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [riˈsino]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Ricinus communis) Planta arbustiva de la familia Euphorbiaceae. Es originaria de África tropical, alrededor de Etiopía, pero se ha naturalizado en áreas tropicales y subtropicales de todo el mundo...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ricino, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 ricino, spelled R-I-C-I-N-O.
Definition
- 1(Ricinus communis) Planta arbustiva de la familia Euphorbiaceae. Es originaria de África tropical, alrededor de Etiopía, pero se ha naturalizado en áreas tropicales y subtropicales de todo el mundo convirtiéndose en una maleza invasora. Produce gran cantidad de semillas altamente viables y sumamente venenosas. Se calcula que tan solo cuatro semillas pueden matar a un adulto de tamaño medio. Sin embargo, de esta planta se pueden extraer compuestos anticancerígenos y el aceite de ricino, que es comestible, mediante un proceso de separación del aceite. También es una especie ornamental preferida en jardines.
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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