rural

/[ruˈɾal]/ adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,473

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

rural is anSpanishadj. It means: Propio de o relativo al campo, por oposición a la ciudad Pronounced [ruˈɾal]. It ranks #2,473 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with ruta and rusa.

Key facts for rural
PropertyValue
Headwordrural
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ruˈɾal]
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,473
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of rural in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for rural is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ruˈɾal]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,473 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for rural, with forms such as "rrual", "rrural", and "ruarl". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "ruta", "rusa", "rusas", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is rural, spelled R-U-R-A-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Propio de o relativo al campo, por oposición a la ciudad
  2. 2
    De carácter basto y poco refinado

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rrual,rrural,ruarl,rurall,rurla,rurral,urral

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rural

Misspelling Variants of "rural"

rrual5rrural6ruarl5rurall6rurla5rurral6urral5
Misspelling Variants of "rural"

Frequency rank: #2,473 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rural"?
"rural" is spelled R-U-R-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ruˈɾal].
What does "rural" mean?
As an adj, "rural" means: Propio de o relativo al campo, por oposición a la ciudad
What words are commonly confused with "rural"?
"rural" is commonly confused with "ruta", "rusa", "rusas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rural"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rural" is [ruˈɾal]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rural" come from?
"rural" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.