roncar
[rõŋˈkaɾ]
The verdict
“roncar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,903 among 48,955 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,903
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,955
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Producir un ruido específico, grave y áspero, con la garganta y las fosas nasales con la respiración y durante el sueño.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | roncar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [rõŋˈkaɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #55,903 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “roncar” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
roncar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,903 among 48,955 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [rõŋˈkaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for roncar, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is roncar, spelled R-O-N-C-A-R.
Definition
- 1Producir un ruido específico, grave y áspero, con la garganta y las fosas nasales con la respiración y durante el sueño.
- 2Por extensión la generación por animales o cosas de un ruido grave, desagradable, áspero y prolongado.
This word in other languages
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 “roncar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is R-O-N-C-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [rõŋˈkaɾ] (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
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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.