rr
/ˈre/
The verdict
“rr” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #20,813) as a character. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #20,813
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vigésimo quinta letra del achegety o alfabeto guaraní.
Corpus desk
Index ES-rr · rr · Spanish
rr · rank #20,813 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,813
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH rodeos
Nearest frequency peer: rodeos (-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 “rr”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- rigurosa
rigurosa
79,191 corpus weight
- robadas
robadas
79,190 corpus weight
- rodeos
rodeos
79,189 corpus weight
- rr
rr
79,188 corpus weight
- ruleta
ruleta
79,187 corpus weight
- rush
rush
79,186 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “rr” 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 | rr |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Character |
| IPA | /ˈre/ |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #20,813 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “rr” en la frecuencia del español
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for rr is neighbouring look-alikes ("ru", "Rx", …), not just typos; it is acharacter pronounced /ˈre/. Frequency #20,813 among 4,151 “R” headwords. Gloss: "Vigésimo quinta letra del achegety o alfabeto guaraní.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for rr, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ru", "Rx", "run", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is rr, spelled R-R.
Definition
- 1Vigésimo quinta letra del achegety o alfabeto guaraní.
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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- "rr" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "ru". View pair
- Usage frequency rank #20,813 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "R" letter cohort. R–Z browse
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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.