al pelo
[al ˈpelo]
The verdict
“al pelo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Producirse algo en el momento oportuno, sirviendo a los fines de lo que se necesitaba o deseaba.
Corpus desk
Index ES-al-pelo · al pelo · Spanish
al pelo · 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 "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | al pelo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [al ˈpelo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “al pelo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
al pelo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [al ˈpelo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Producirse algo en el momento oportuno, sirviendo a los fines de lo que se necesitaba o deseaba.".
No misspelling variants are generated for al pelo in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is al pelo, spelled A-L- -P-E-L-O.
Definition
- 1Producirse algo en el momento oportuno, sirviendo a los fines de lo que se necesitaba o deseaba.
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.