terracota
[t̪eraˈkot̪a]
The verdict
“terracota” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #61,955 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,955
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tierra cocida.
Corpus desk
Index ES-terracota · terracota · Spanish
terracota · rank #61,955 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,955
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH terno
Nearest frequency peer: terno (-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 “terracota”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- tectónicas
tectónicas
38,049 corpus weight
- terno
terno
38,047 corpus weight
- terracota
terracota
38,046 corpus weight
- tersa
tersa
38,045 corpus weight
- teñidas
teñidas
38,044 corpus weight
- tibi
tibi
38,043 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “terracota” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | terracota |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪eraˈkot̪a] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #61,955 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “terracota” en español
Rare enough to double-check
terracota is uncommon Spanish at frequency #61,955 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t̪eraˈkot̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for terracota, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is terracota, spelled T-E-R-R-A-C-O-T-A.
Definition
- 1Tierra cocida.
- 2Que es de ese color.
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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