roñoso
[roˈɲoso]
The verdict
“roñoso” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #79,533 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,533
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que tiene o padece de la roña.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ronoso · roñoso · Spanish
roñoso · rank #79,533 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,533
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH rozado
Nearest frequency peer: rozado (-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 “roñoso”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- ronquido
ronquido
20,471 corpus weight
- rozado
rozado
20,469 corpus weight
- roñoso
roñoso
20,468 corpus weight
- Rubilar
Rubilar
20,466 corpus weight
- rémora
rémora
20,463 corpus weight
- sabandija
sabandija
20,462 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “roñoso” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | roñoso |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [roˈɲoso] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #79,533 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “roñoso” en español
Rare enough to double-check
roñoso is uncommon Spanish at frequency #79,533 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [roˈɲoso]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
roñoso has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is roñoso, spelled R-O-Ñ-O-S-O.
Definition
- 1Que tiene o padece de la roña.
- 2Puerco, sucio o asqueroso.
- 3Oxidado o cubierto de orín.
- 4Que es mezquino, ruin o miserable.
- 5Que es sagaz y astuto, especialmente para su propio interés.
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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