yesca
[ˈʝeska]
The verdict
“yesca” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #92,579 among 177 “Y” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,579
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 177
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Materia muy seca y preparada de manera que cualquiera chispa de fuego prenda en ella. Comúnmente se hace de trapo quemado, cardo u hongos secos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-yesca · yesca · Spanish
yesca · rank #92,579 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,579
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 177
- PHOTO-FINISH zapatera
Nearest frequency peer: zapatera (+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 “yesca”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- vuelque
vuelque
7,428 corpus weight
- wander
wander
7,427 corpus weight
- Xenia
Xenia
7,425 corpus weight
- yesca
yesca
7,422 corpus weight
- zapatera
zapatera
7,420 corpus weight
- Zenteno
Zenteno
7,418 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “yesca” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | yesca |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʝeska] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #92,579 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “yesca” en español
Rare enough to double-check
yesca is uncommon Spanish at frequency #92,579 among 177 “Y” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʝeska]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for yesca in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is yesca, spelled Y-E-S-C-A.
Definition
- 1Materia muy seca y preparada de manera que cualquiera chispa de fuego prenda en ella. Comúnmente se hace de trapo quemado, cardo u hongos secos.
- 2Cosa que está sumamente seca, y por lo tanto dispuesta a encenderse o abrasarse.
- 3Incentivo de cualquier pasión o afecto.
- 4Cualquier cosa que excita la gana de beber, y con singularidad, de beber vino.
- 5Pobre, sin dinero.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how yesca appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
no seguí explorando pues carecía de bujías. Decidí, pues, que regresaría al día siguiente con bujía y yesca.
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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