ura
[ˈuɾa]
The verdict
“ura” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #58,912 among 448 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,912
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 448
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Dermatobia hominis) Especie de mosca braquícera nativa del continente americano, cuya larva parasita al ser humano creciendo bajo la piel.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ura · ura · Spanish
ura · rank #58,912 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,912
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 448
- PHOTO-FINISH Ugo
Nearest frequency peer: Ugo (-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 “ura”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Turk
Turk
41,095 corpus weight
- tártara
tártara
41,093 corpus weight
- Ugo
Ugo
41,091 corpus weight
- ura
ura
41,089 corpus weight
- vacilación
vacilación
41,086 corpus weight
- validos
validos
41,085 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ura” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ura |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈuɾa] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #58,912 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ura” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ura is uncommon Spanish at frequency #58,912 among 448 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈuɾa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for ura in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is ura, spelled U-R-A.
Definition
- 1(Dermatobia hominis) Especie de mosca braquícera nativa del continente americano, cuya larva parasita al ser humano creciendo bajo la piel.
- 2Coño.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ura appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
la ura de los yerbales, mosca grande y velluda, cuyos huevos, abandonados sobre las ropas, se desarrollan en el sudor y crían bajo la piel, vermes enormes que devoran el músculo.
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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