rucio
[ˈrusjo]
The verdict
“rucio” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mamífero doméstico solípedo, más pequeño que el caballo, mide como metro y medio de altura. Bestia de silla y carga, que pasó de los romanos a los germanos, siendo una bestia muy utilizada durante ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rucio |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈrusjo] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rucio” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for rucio is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈrusjo]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Mamífero doméstico solípedo, más pequeño que el caballo, mide como metro y medio de altura. Bestia de silla y carga, que pasó de los romanos a los germanos, siendo una bestia muy utilizada durante ...".
No misspelling variants are generated for rucio in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is rucio, spelled R-U-C-I-O.
Definition
- 1Mamífero doméstico solípedo, más pequeño que el caballo, mide como metro y medio de altura. Bestia de silla y carga, que pasó de los romanos a los germanos, siendo una bestia muy utilizada durante siglos en el sur de Europa y Oriente. Desciende del asno estepario de Nubia.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “rucio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is R-U-C-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈrusjo] (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
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.