roya
[ˈroʝa]
The verdict
“roya” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #56,647 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,647
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cualquiera de las especies de hongos, que se caracterizan por ser parásitos y por producir diversas clases de esporas de colores variados que se manifiestan como manchas en las plantas afectadas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-roya · roya · Spanish
roya · rank #56,647 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,647
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH rotatorio
Nearest frequency peer: rotatorio (-2 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 “roya”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- rotativa
rotativa
43,357 corpus weight
- rotatorio
rotatorio
43,356 corpus weight
- roya
roya
43,354 corpus weight
- rugosa
rugosa
43,352 corpus weight
- rítmicos
rítmicos
43,351 corpus weight
- sabueso
sabueso
43,350 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “roya” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | roya |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈroʝa] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #56,647 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “roya” en español
Rare enough to double-check
roya is uncommon Spanish at frequency #56,647 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈroʝa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for roya in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is roya, spelled R-O-Y-A.
Definition
- 1Cualquiera de las especies de hongos, que se caracterizan por ser parásitos y por producir diversas clases de esporas de colores variados que se manifiestan como manchas en las plantas afectadas.
- 2Enfermedad de algunos árboles que produce un polvo rojo negruzco en el centro del tronco.
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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