rugby
[ˈraɣ̞bi]
The verdict
“rugby” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #11,857 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #11,857
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Deporte de dos equipos, donde los jugadores pueden tomar con sus manos o patear un balón ovalado. El balón no puede pasarse hacia adelante, y los puntos se marcan haciendo tocar el balón después de...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rugby |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈraɣ̞bi] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #11,857 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rugby” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for rugby is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈraɣ̞bi]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,857 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Deporte de dos equipos, donde los jugadores pueden tomar con sus manos o patear un balón ovalado. El balón no puede pasarse hacia adelante, y los puntos se marcan haciendo tocar el balón después de...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for rugby, with forms such as "rguby", "rrugby", and "rubgy". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Ruy", "ruge", "rumbo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is rugby, spelled R-U-G-B-Y.
Definition
- 1Deporte de dos equipos, donde los jugadores pueden tomar con sus manos o patear un balón ovalado. El balón no puede pasarse hacia adelante, y los puntos se marcan haciendo tocar el balón después de la línea final del área contraria, o bien pateando la pelota para que pase por los dos palos y por sobre un travesaño dispuesto en forma de H. Dos de estos están ubicados en el centro de cada línea final, del campo de juego.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: rguby,rrugby,rubgy,rugbby,rugbyy,ruggby,rugvy,rugyb,urgby
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rugby - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “rugby”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is R-U-G-B-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈraɣ̞bi] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Ruy” - see the side-by-side comparison. rugby vs Ruy
- 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.