terracota

/[t̪eraˈkot̪a]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#61,955

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

terracota is aSpanishnoun. It means: Tierra cocida. Pronounced [t̪eraˈkot̪a].

Key facts for terracota
PropertyValue
Headwordterracota
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t̪eraˈkot̪a]
Letters9
Frequency rank#61,955
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for terracota is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪eraˈkot̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #61,955 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.

No misspelling variants are generated for terracota in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns.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 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 terracota, spelled T-E-R-R-A-C-O-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tierra cocida.
  2. 2
    Que es de ese color.

Synonyms

Frequency rank: #61,955 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "terracota"?
"terracota" is spelled T-E-R-R-A-C-O-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪eraˈkot̪a].
What does "terracota" mean?
As a noun, "terracota" means: Tierra cocida.
How do you pronounce "terracota"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "terracota" is [t̪eraˈkot̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "terracota" come from?
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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.