RSS
[ˈɾs]
The verdict
“RSS” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #21,827 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #21,827
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Familia de formatos para documentos utilizados para publicar contenidos que se actualizan frecuentemente en el internet, por ejemplo cambios recientes en el wikcionario, entradas en un blog o encab...
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 | RSS |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɾs] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #21,827 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “RSS” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for RSS is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɾs]. Corpus data places it at rank #21,827 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Familia de formatos para documentos utilizados para publicar contenidos que se actualizan frecuentemente en el internet, por ejemplo cambios recientes en el wikcionario, entradas en un blog o encab...".
RSS doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, 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, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 RSS, spelled R-S-S.
Definition
- 1Familia de formatos para documentos utilizados para publicar contenidos que se actualizan frecuentemente en el internet, por ejemplo cambios recientes en el wikcionario, entradas en un blog o encabezados de noticias. Un documento RSS puede contener un resumen del contenido de un sitio en Internet o el texto completo. RSS hace posible que las personas reciban actualizaciones automáticamente de sus sitios de Internet favoritos.
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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Using “RSS”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is R-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɾs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ru” - see the side-by-side comparison. RSS vs ru
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.