sacarosa

[sakaˈɾosa]

/[sakaˈɾosa]/ noun

The verdict

“sacarosa” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #61,912 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,912
frequency rank, Spanish
4,169
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sustancia sólida cristalina, de color blanco en estado puro, formada por moléculas de fructosa y glucosa, que se emplea como edulcorante en gastronomía

Corpus desk

Index ES-sacarosa · sacarosa · Spanish

sacarosa · rank #61,912 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,912
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,169
  • PHOTO-FINISH Salerno

Nearest frequency peer: Salerno (+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 “sacarosa”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “sacarosa” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sacarosa
PropertyValue
Headwordsacarosa
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[sakaˈɾosa]
Letters8
Frequency rank#61,912
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “sacarosa” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).sacarosacae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “Salerno” (#61,913), “rosco” (#61,910), “sangraba” (#61,914). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “sacarosa” va en #61,912. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sacarosa is uncommon Spanish at frequency #61,912 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [sakaˈɾosa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

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

  1. 1
    Sustancia sólida cristalina, de color blanco en estado puro, formada por moléculas de fructosa y glucosa, que se emplea como edulcorante en gastronomía
  2. 2
    Compuesto 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sacarosa"?
"sacarosa" is spelled S-A-C-A-R-O-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is [sakaˈɾosa].
What does "sacarosa" mean?
As a noun, "sacarosa" means: Sustancia sólida cristalina, de color blanco en estado puro, formada por moléculas de fructosa y glucosa, que se emplea como edulcorante en gastronomía
How do you pronounce "sacarosa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sacarosa" is [sakaˈɾosa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sacarosa" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sacarosa", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list