sacarosa
[sakaˈɾosa]
The verdict
“sacarosa” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #61,912 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #61,912
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sustancia sólida cristalina, de color blanco en estado puro, formada por moléculas de fructosa y glucosa, que se emplea como edulcorante en gastronomía
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sacarosa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [sakaˈɾosa] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #61,912 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sacarosa” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for sacarosa is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [sakaˈɾosa]. Corpus data places it at rank #61,912 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
sacarosa doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is sacarosa, spelled S-A-C-A-R-O-S-A.
Definition
- 1Sustancia sólida cristalina, de color blanco en estado puro, formada por moléculas de fructosa y glucosa, que se emplea como edulcorante en gastronomía
- 2Compuesto orgánico del grupo de los carbohidratos de fórmula molecular C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁, de relativamente bajo peso molecular y sabor dulce
Synonyms
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 “sacarosa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-A-C-A-R-O-S-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [sakaˈɾosa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.