rock

[ˈrok]

/[ˈrok]/ noun

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The verdict

“rock” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #2,367. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,367
frequency rank, Spanish
4,151
“R” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Género musical contemporáneo que engloba cada uno de los diversos géneros musicales derivados del rock and roll. Suele interpretarse principalmente con guitarra eléctrica, batería, y bajo, aunque t...

Corpus desk

Index ES-rock · rock · Spanish

rock · rank #2,367 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,367
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH responde

Nearest frequency peer: responde (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “rock”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “rock” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

rock vs rol
50% similar
rock vs ron
50% similar
rock vs Roy
25% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for rock
PropertyValue
Headwordrock
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈrok]
Letters4
Frequency rank#2,367
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “rock”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.rockcae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “responde” (#2,366), “salido” (#2,368), “recuperar” (#2,365). Entre 4,151 lemas con “R”, “rock” va en #2,367. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around rock (IPA [ˈrok]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,367 among 4,151 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Género musical contemporáneo que engloba cada uno de los diversos géneros musicales derivados del rock and roll. Suele interpretarse principalmente con guitarra eléctrica, batería, y bajo, aunque t...".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for rock, with forms such as "orck", "rcok", and "rocck". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rol", "ron", "Roy", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is rock, spelled R-O-C-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Género musical contemporáneo que engloba cada uno de los diversos géneros musicales derivados del rock and roll. Suele interpretarse principalmente con guitarra eléctrica, batería, y bajo, aunque también se le adicionan muchos otros instrumentos.

This word in other languages

rock(English)rock(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • orck
  • rcok
  • rocck
  • rockk
  • rokc
  • rrock

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rock - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

orck2rcok2rocck1rockk1rokc2rrock1
Edit distance from "rock"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rock"?
"rock" is spelled R-O-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈrok].
What does "rock" mean?
As a noun, "rock" means: Género musical contemporáneo que engloba cada uno de los diversos géneros musicales derivados del rock and roll. Suele interpretarse principalmente con guitarra eléctrica, batería, y bajo, aunque t...
What words are commonly confused with "rock"?
"rock" is commonly confused with "rol", "ron", "Roy". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rock"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rock" is [ˈrok]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rock" come from?
"rock" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rock", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

guía#2,345paga#2,409tomo#2,321sepa#2,319

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

quiso6 variantsarena6 variantsdaños6 variantsMario6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list