rueca
[ˈrweka]
The verdict
“rueca” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #95,698 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,698
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrumento que sirve para hilar, y se compone de una vara delgada con un rocadero hacia la extremidad superior.
Corpus desk
Index ES-rueca · rueca · Spanish
rueca · rank #95,698 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,698
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH rugosas
Nearest frequency peer: rugosas (+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 “rueca”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- riso
riso
4,309 corpus weight
- rociando
rociando
4,307 corpus weight
- rop
rop
4,305 corpus weight
- rueca
rueca
4,303 corpus weight
- rugosas
rugosas
4,302 corpus weight
- sainetes
sainetes
4,299 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “rueca” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rueca |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈrweka] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #95,698 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “rueca” en español
Rare enough to double-check
rueca is uncommon Spanish at frequency #95,698 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈrweka]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
rueca has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is rueca, spelled R-U-E-C-A.
Definition
- 1Instrumento que sirve para hilar, y se compone de una vara delgada con un rocadero hacia la extremidad superior.
- 2Vuelta o torcimiento de una cosa.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how rueca appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
¡Mujer! Abandona la rueca y conduce de la mano a tus pequeñuelos para que aprendan, en los soldados del Inca, a combatir por la patria
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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