ruca
[ˈruka]
The verdict
“ruca” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,102 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,102
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Eruca vesicaria) Planta silvestre de la familia de las crucíferas, erguida, ramosa, con flores violáceas y frutos en silicuas cilíndricas. Florece en primavera y se encuentra en el centro y este d...
Corpus desk
Index ES-ruca · ruca · Spanish
ruca · rank #68,102 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,102
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH rumora
Nearest frequency peer: rumora (+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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “ruca”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- riza
riza
31,907 corpus weight
- ropita
ropita
31,902 corpus weight
- ruca
ruca
31,899 corpus weight
- rumora
rumora
31,898 corpus weight
- rábanos
rábanos
31,897 corpus weight
- sardo
sardo
31,891 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ruca” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ruca |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈruka] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #68,102 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ruca” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ruca is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,102 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈruka]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Eruca vesicaria) Planta silvestre de la familia de las crucíferas, erguida, ramosa, con flores violáceas y frutos en silicuas cilíndricas. Florece en primavera y se encuentra en el centro y este d...".
Zero misspellings are on record for ruca in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is ruca, spelled R-U-C-A.
Definition
- 1(Eruca vesicaria) Planta silvestre de la familia de las crucíferas, erguida, ramosa, con flores violáceas y frutos en silicuas cilíndricas. Florece en primavera y se encuentra en el centro y este de España.
Synonyms
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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