rubricado

[ruβ̞ɾiˈkað̞o]

/[ruβ̞ɾiˈkað̞o]/ verb

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The verdict

“rubricado” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #87,220 among 48,955 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,220
frequency rank, Spanish
48,955
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Participio de rubricar.

Key facts for rubricado
PropertyValue
Headwordrubricado
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ruβ̞ɾiˈkað̞o]
Letters9
Frequency rank#87,220
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “rubricado” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). rubricado lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rubricado is uncommon Spanish at frequency #87,220 among 48,955 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ruβ̞ɾiˈkað̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participio de rubricar.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for rubricado, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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. The correct Spanish form is rubricado, spelled R-U-B-R-I-C-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participio de rubricar.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rubricado"?
"rubricado" is spelled R-U-B-R-I-C-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ruβ̞ɾiˈkað̞o].
What does "rubricado" mean?
As a verb, "rubricado" means: Participio de rubricar.
How do you pronounce "rubricado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rubricado" is [ruβ̞ɾiˈkað̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rubricado" come from?
"rubricado" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “rubricado”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is R-U-B-R-I-C-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ruβ̞ɾiˈkað̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words

Other uncommon Spanish words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list