rurales

/[ruˈɾales]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,877

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

rurales is anSpanishadj. It means: Forma del plural de rural. Pronounced [ruˈɾales]. It ranks #3,877 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with rural and rules.

Key facts for rurales
PropertyValue
Headwordrurales
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ruˈɾales]
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,877
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for rurales is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ruˈɾales]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,877 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de rural.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for rurales, with forms such as "rruales", "rrurales", and "ruarles". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "rural", "rules", "reales", 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 rurales, spelled R-U-R-A-L-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de rural.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rruales,rrurales,ruarles,ruraels,ruraless,ruralles,ruralse,rurlaes,rurrales,urrales

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rurales

Misspelling Variants of "rurales"

rruales7rrurales8ruarles7ruraels7ruraless8ruralles8ruralse7rurlaes7
Misspelling Variants of "rurales"

Frequency rank: #3,877 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rurales"?
"rurales" is spelled R-U-R-A-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ruˈɾales].
What does "rurales" mean?
As an adj, "rurales" means: Forma del plural de rural.
What words are commonly confused with "rurales"?
"rurales" is commonly confused with "rural", "rules", "reales". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rurales"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rurales" is [ruˈɾales]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rurales" come from?
"rurales" 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.