rosca
[ˈroska]
The verdict
“rosca” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #20,506. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,506
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Objeto redondo y rollizo que, cerrándose, forma un círculo u óvalo, dejando en medio un espacio vacío.
Corpus desk
Index ES-rosca · rosca · Spanish
rosca · rank #20,506 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,506
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH ros
Nearest frequency peer: ros (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “rosca”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- riéndose
riéndose
79,498 corpus weight
- rogar
rogar
79,497 corpus weight
- ros
ros
79,496 corpus weight
- rosca
rosca
79,495 corpus weight
- rotundamente
rotundamente
79,494 corpus weight
- sacados
sacados
79,491 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “rosca” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rosca |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈroska] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #20,506 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “rosca” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around rosca (IPA [ˈroska]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,506 among 4,151 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for rosca, with forms such as "orsca", "rosac", and "roscca". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rusa", "Rota", "roza", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is rosca, spelled R-O-S-C-A.
Definition
- 1Objeto redondo y rollizo que, cerrándose, forma un círculo u óvalo, dejando en medio un espacio vacío.
- 2Pan con forma de rosca.
- 3Carnosidad que rebosa a las personas gruesas alrededor del cuello, las muñecas y las piernas, sobre todo si es de niños.
- 4Rollo circular que los colegiales traen por distintivo en una de las hojas de la beca.
- 5Cada una de las vueltas de una espiral, o el conjunto de ellas.
- 6Superficie cuyo eje está contenido en el plano y en torno a él describe una trayectoria helicoidal cilíndrica.
- 7Faja de material que, sola o con otras concéntricas, forma un arco o bóveda.
- 8Rodete que se usa para llevar peso en la cabeza.
- 9Larva que se enrosca con facilidad, muy dañina para las plantas.
- 10Conjunto de palaciegos que influyen subrepticiamente en los negocios del Estado, de alguna autoridad o de algún personaje específico.
- 11Disputa o conflicto entre personas.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- orsca
- rosac
- roscca
- rossca
- rrosca
- rsoca
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rosca - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rosca", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "rosca". Here's where to go from here.
- "rosca" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "rusa". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #20,506 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "R" letter cohort. R–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.