Orellana

name

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"orellana" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Orellana” is uncommon English (frequency #92,954 among 15,494 “O” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,954
frequency rank, English
15,494
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The river Amazon.

Key facts for Orellana
PropertyValue
HeadwordOrellana
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters8
Frequency rank#92,954
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Orellana” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Orellana lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Orellana is uncommon English at frequency #92,954 among 15,494 “O” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Orellana, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: Named for Francisco de Orellana (1511–46), Spanish explorer, who was the first to explore it in the 1540s. The correct English form is Orellana, spelled O-R-E-L-L-A-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    The river Amazon.
  2. 2
    A surname.
  3. 3
    A province in Ecuador. Capital: Puerto Francisco de Orellana (or Coca).
  4. 4
    A town in Ucayali province, Loreto region, Peru.

Etymology

Named for Francisco de Orellana (1511–46), Spanish explorer, who was the first to explore it in the 1540s.

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Orellana"?
"Orellana" is spelled O-R-E-L-L-A-N-A.
What does "Orellana" mean?
As a proper noun, "Orellana" means: The river Amazon.
What is the origin of the word "Orellana"?
Named for Francisco de Orellana (1511–46), Spanish explorer, who was the first to explore it in the 1540s. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “Orellana”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is O-R-E-L-L-A-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list