tucu
[ˈt̪uku]
The verdict
“tucu” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #89,419 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,419
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Pyrophorus puntatissimus). Linternas o tucumapán. Se llama así a las luciérnagas grandes con dos focos luminosos sobre la cabeza, que en las noches de veranos vagaban por los montes despidiendo un...
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Index ES-tucu · tucu · Spanish
tucu · rank #89,419 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,419
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH truly
Nearest frequency peer: truly (-2 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 “tucu”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- traidoras
traidoras
10,591 corpus weight
- trastoca
trastoca
10,589 corpus weight
- trementina
trementina
10,588 corpus weight
- tropos
tropos
10,586 corpus weight
- truly
truly
10,584 corpus weight
- tucu
tucu
10,582 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “tucu” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tucu |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt̪uku] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #89,419 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “tucu” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tucu is uncommon Spanish at frequency #89,419 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt̪uku]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Pyrophorus puntatissimus). Linternas o tucumapán. Se llama así a las luciérnagas grandes con dos focos luminosos sobre la cabeza, que en las noches de veranos vagaban por los montes despidiendo un...".
Zero misspellings are on record for tucu in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is tucu, spelled T-U-C-U.
Definition
- 1(Pyrophorus puntatissimus). Linternas o tucumapán. Se llama así a las luciérnagas grandes con dos focos luminosos sobre la cabeza, que en las noches de veranos vagaban por los montes despidiendo una luz azulada y fosforescente.
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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