ricota
[riˈkot̪a]
The verdict
“ricota” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #58,085 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,085
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Producto obtenido del suero residuo de la elaboración del queso, calentado y eventualmente acidificado.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ricota · ricota · Spanish
ricota · rank #58,085 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,085
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH riojana
Nearest frequency peer: riojana (+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 “ricota”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- retado
retado
41,920 corpus weight
- retiraban
retiraban
41,919 corpus weight
- ricota
ricota
41,916 corpus weight
- riojana
riojana
41,915 corpus weight
- riquísimos
riquísimos
41,914 corpus weight
- risueña
risueña
41,913 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ricota” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ricota |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [riˈkot̪a] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #58,085 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ricota” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ricota is uncommon Spanish at frequency #58,085 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [riˈkot̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Producto obtenido del suero residuo de la elaboración del queso, calentado y eventualmente acidificado.".
ricota doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is ricota, spelled R-I-C-O-T-A.
Definition
- 1Producto obtenido del suero residuo de la elaboración del queso, calentado y eventualmente acidificado.
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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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