uke
[ˈuke]
The verdict
“uke” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #85,347 among 448 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,347
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 448
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Compañero de entrenamiento el cual recibe la técnica que debe ejecutar quien la está practicando.
Corpus desk
Index ES-uke · uke · Spanish
uke · rank #85,347 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,347
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 448
- PHOTO-FINISH tutelas
Nearest frequency peer: tutelas (-3 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “uke”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- tutelas
tutelas
14,657 corpus weight
- uke
uke
14,654 corpus weight
- Urra
Urra
14,650 corpus weight
- urs
urs
14,649 corpus weight
- valquiria
valquiria
14,648 corpus weight
- vari
vari
14,647 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “uke” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | uke |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈuke] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #85,347 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “uke” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
uke is uncommon Spanish at frequency #85,347 among 448 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈuke]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Compañero de entrenamiento el cual recibe la técnica que debe ejecutar quien la está practicando.".
uke doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 uke, spelled U-K-E.
Definition
- 1Compañero de entrenamiento el cual recibe la técnica que debe ejecutar quien la está practicando.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "uke", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.