roquefort
[rokeˈfoɾt̪]
The verdict
“roquefort” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #72,280 among 48,955 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,280
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,955
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Queso de leche de oveja de origen francés y coloración verdosa, como denominación de origen de Roquefort-sur-Soulzon. Por ejemplo: recibe la apellation d'origine controleé en 1925
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | roquefort |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [rokeˈfoɾt̪] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #72,280 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “roquefort” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
roquefort is uncommon Spanish at frequency #72,280 among 48,955 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [rokeˈfoɾt̪]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Queso de leche de oveja de origen francés y coloración verdosa, como denominación de origen de Roquefort-sur-Soulzon. Por ejemplo: recibe la apellation d'origine controleé en 1925".
roquefort doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is roquefort, spelled R-O-Q-U-E-F-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1Queso de leche de oveja de origen francés y coloración verdosa, como denominación de origen de Roquefort-sur-Soulzon. Por ejemplo: recibe la apellation d'origine controleé en 1925
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 “roquefort”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is R-O-Q-U-E-F-O-R-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.