wok
[ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝ok]
The verdict
“wok” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #58,940 among 230 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,940
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 230
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sartén de fondo redondeado, ancho y profundo empleada en el Extremo Oriente y el Sureste Asiático. Se emplea para saltear los alimentos mediante un movimiento constante.
Corpus desk
Index ES-wok · wok · Spanish
wok · rank #58,940 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,940
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 230
- PHOTO-FINISH yemení
Nearest frequency peer: yemení (+4 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 “wok”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- viviéramos
viviéramos
41,070 corpus weight
- vocacionales
vocacionales
41,069 corpus weight
- volley
volley
41,068 corpus weight
- vulnerando
vulnerando
41,067 corpus weight
- wok
wok
41,061 corpus weight
- yemení
yemení
41,057 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “wok” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wok |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝ok] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #58,940 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “wok” en español
Rare enough to double-check
wok is uncommon Spanish at frequency #58,940 among 230 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝ok]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sartén de fondo redondeado, ancho y profundo empleada en el Extremo Oriente y el Sureste Asiático. Se emplea para saltear los alimentos mediante un movimiento constante.".
wok has no tracked misspelling variants, 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 typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 wok, spelled W-O-K.
Definition
- 1Sartén de fondo redondeado, ancho y profundo empleada en el Extremo Oriente y el Sureste Asiático. Se emplea para saltear los alimentos mediante un movimiento constante.
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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