urogallo
[uɾoˈɣ̞aʝo]
The verdict
“urogallo” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #96,894 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #96,894
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Tetrao urogallus) Ave galliforme de unos 80cm de largo, de patas emplumadas y plumaje que va del gris muy oscuro al pardo oscuro, con reflejos verdes metálicos en las plumas del pecho. Habita los ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | urogallo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [uɾoˈɣ̞aʝo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #96,894 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “urogallo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for urogallo is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [uɾoˈɣ̞aʝo]. Corpus data places it at rank #96,894 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(Tetrao urogallus) Ave galliforme de unos 80cm de largo, de patas emplumadas y plumaje que va del gris muy oscuro al pardo oscuro, con reflejos verdes metálicos en las plumas del pecho. Habita los ...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for urogallo in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is urogallo, spelled U-R-O-G-A-L-L-O.
Definition
- 1(Tetrao urogallus) Ave galliforme de unos 80cm de largo, de patas emplumadas y plumaje que va del gris muy oscuro al pardo oscuro, con reflejos verdes metálicos en las plumas del pecho. Habita los bosques de coníferas de Eurasia.
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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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Using “urogallo”
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is U-R-O-G-A-L-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [uɾoˈɣ̞aʝo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.