palabra
/pəˈlɑːbɹə/
"palabra" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“palabra” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A word; idle talk.
Corpus desk
Index EN-palabra · palabra · English
palabra · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | palabra |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pəˈlɑːbɹə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “palabra” in English
Rare enough to double-check
palabra is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /pəˈlɑːbɹə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A word; idle talk.".
No misspelling variants are generated for palabra in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish palabra (“word”). Doublet of parable and parabola. The correct English form is palabra, spelled P-A-L-A-B-R-A.
Definition
- 1A word; idle talk.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how palabra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Comparisons are odorous: palabras, neighbor Verges.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish palabra (“word”). Doublet of parable and parabola.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.