wok
[ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝ok]
The verdict
“wok” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #58,940 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #58,940
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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.
| 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) |
Where “wok” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for wok is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝ok]. Corpus data places it at rank #58,940 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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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Using “wok”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is W-O-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝ok] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.