rococó

[rokoˈko]

/[rokoˈko]/ noun

The verdict

“rococó” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #62,622 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.

#62,622
frequency rank, Spanish
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Movimiento artístico nacido en Francia, que se desarrolla de forma progresiva entre los años 1730 y 1760, aproximadamente. Se caracteriza por el gusto por los colores luminosos, suaves y claros. Pr...

Key facts for rococó
PropertyValue
Headwordrococó
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[rokoˈko]
Letters6
Frequency rank#62,622
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “rococó” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). rococó lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for rococó is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [rokoˈko]. Corpus data places it at rank #62,622 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Movimiento artístico nacido en Francia, que se desarrolla de forma progresiva entre los años 1730 y 1760, aproximadamente. Se caracteriza por el gusto por los colores luminosos, suaves y claros. Pr...".

No misspelling variants are generated for rococó in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 rococó, spelled R-O-C-O-C-Ó.

Definition

  1. 1
    Movimiento artístico nacido en Francia, que se desarrolla de forma progresiva entre los años 1730 y 1760, aproximadamente. Se caracteriza por el gusto por los colores luminosos, suaves y claros. Predominan las formas inspiradas en la naturaleza, la mitología, la representación de los cuerpos desnudos, el arte oriental y especialmente los temas galantes y amorosos.

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 "rococó"?
"rococó" is spelled R-O-C-O-C-Ó. The IPA pronunciation is [rokoˈko].
What does "rococó" mean?
As a noun, "rococó" means: Movimiento artístico nacido en Francia, que se desarrolla de forma progresiva entre los años 1730 y 1760, aproximadamente. Se caracteriza por el gusto por los colores luminosos, suaves y claros. Pr...
How do you pronounce "rococó"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rococó" is [rokoˈko]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rococó" come from?
"rococó" 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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Using “rococó”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is R-O-C-O-C-Ó - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [rokoˈko] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list