rúcula
[ˈrukula]
The verdict
“rúcula” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #86,208 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,208
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tipo de hortaliza de la familia de las brasicáceas, considerada para fines culinarios un tipo de verdura de hoja.
Corpus desk
Index ES-rucula · rúcula · Spanish
rúcula · rank #86,208 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,208
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH sacerdotisas
Nearest frequency peer: sacerdotisas (+2 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 “rúcula”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Roselló
Roselló
13,797 corpus weight
- rosetas
rosetas
13,796 corpus weight
- rúcula
rúcula
13,793 corpus weight
- sacerdotisas
sacerdotisas
13,791 corpus weight
- sack
sack
13,790 corpus weight
- sacrifiquen
sacrifiquen
13,789 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “rúcula” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rúcula |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈrukula] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #86,208 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “rúcula” en español
Rare enough to double-check
rúcula is uncommon Spanish at frequency #86,208 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈrukula]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for rúcula in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is rúcula, spelled R-Ú-C-U-L-A.
Definition
- 1Tipo de hortaliza de la familia de las brasicáceas, considerada para fines culinarios un tipo de verdura de hoja.
- 2Dinero.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how rúcula appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
―¿Allanaron la casa? ―Allanaron la casa. ―¿Y no estaba la rúcula ahí?
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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