rótula

/[ˈrot̪ula]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#57,373

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

rótula is aSpanishnoun. It means: Hueso que se encuentra en la parte anterior de la rodilla. Se articula con los cóndilos del fémur. es un hueso plano y redondeado que se encuentra incluido en el tendón terminal del músculo cuádric... Pronounced [ˈrot̪ula].

Key facts for rótula
PropertyValue
Headwordrótula
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈrot̪ula]
Letters6
Frequency rank#57,373
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of rótula in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for rótula is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈrot̪ula]. Corpus data places it at rank #57,373 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for rótula in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is rótula, spelled R-Ó-T-U-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hueso que se encuentra en la parte anterior de la rodilla. Se articula con los cóndilos del fémur. es un hueso plano y redondeado que se encuentra incluido en el tendón terminal del músculo cuádriceps femoral y está situado por delante de la extremidad inferior del fémur.
  2. 2
    Tipo de articulación mecánica esférica que conecta el brazo de control a la mangueta de dirección, con tres grados de libertad aunque en dos de ellos el movimiento está acotado.
  3. 3
    Trocisco.

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This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #57,373 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rótula"?
"rótula" is spelled R-Ó-T-U-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈrot̪ula].
What does "rótula" mean?
As a noun, "rótula" means: Hueso que se encuentra en la parte anterior de la rodilla. Se articula con los cóndilos del fémur. es un hueso plano y redondeado que se encuentra incluido en el tendón terminal del músculo cuádric...
How do you pronounce "rótula"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rótula" is [ˈrot̪ula]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rótula" come from?
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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.