rickshaw
/ˈɹɪkʃɔ/
The verdict
“rickshaw” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #95,690 among 48,955 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,690
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,955
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Carro de culí, palanquín, bicitaxi.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rickshaw |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹɪkʃɔ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #95,690 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rickshaw” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
rickshaw is uncommon Spanish at frequency #95,690 among 48,955 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɹɪkʃɔ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Carro de culí, palanquín, bicitaxi.".
rickshaw doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is rickshaw, spelled R-I-C-K-S-H-A-W.
Definition
- 1Carro de culí, palanquín, bicitaxi.
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 “rickshaw”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is R-I-C-K-S-H-A-W - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɹɪkʃɔ/ (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.