velcro
[ˈbelkɾo]
The verdict
“velcro” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #70,711 among 1,793 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,711
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,793
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sistema de cierre y apertura rápido y sencillo. Consiste en dos cintas de tela que deben fijarse en las superficies a unir mediante cosido o pegado. Una de las cintas posee unas pequeñas púas flexi...
Corpus desk
Index ES-velcro · velcro · Spanish
velcro · rank #70,711 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,711
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,793
- PHOTO-FINISH Velasquez
Nearest frequency peer: Velasquez (-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 “velcro”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- valerosos
valerosos
29,293 corpus weight
- Velasquez
Velasquez
29,291 corpus weight
- velcro
velcro
29,290 corpus weight
- verb
verb
29,288 corpus weight
- verdosa
verdosa
29,287 corpus weight
- verificables
verificables
29,286 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “velcro” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | velcro |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbelkɾo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #70,711 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “velcro” en español
Rare enough to double-check
velcro is uncommon Spanish at frequency #70,711 among 1,793 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbelkɾo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sistema de cierre y apertura rápido y sencillo. Consiste en dos cintas de tela que deben fijarse en las superficies a unir mediante cosido o pegado. Una de las cintas posee unas pequeñas púas flexi...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for velcro in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is velcro, spelled V-E-L-C-R-O.
Definition
- 1Sistema de cierre y apertura rápido y sencillo. Consiste en dos cintas de tela que deben fijarse en las superficies a unir mediante cosido o pegado. Una de las cintas posee unas pequeñas púas flexibles que acaban en forma de gancho y que por simple presión se enganchan a la otra cinta cubierta de fibras enmarañadas que forman bucles y que permiten el agarre.
Synonyms
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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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