ala
[ˈala]
The verdict
“ala” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #3,894 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,894
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Las alas son extremidades o apéndices que poseen algunos grupos de animales, normalmente utilizan estas alas para poder volar.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ala |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈala] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #3,894 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ala” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ala is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈala]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,894 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ala, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ay", "as", "am", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 ala, spelled A-L-A.
Definition
- 1Las alas son extremidades o apéndices que poseen algunos grupos de animales, normalmente utilizan estas alas para poder volar.
- 2un cuerpo de perfil aerodinámico capaz de generar una diferencia de presiones entre su intradós y extradós al desplazarse por el aire lo que, a su vez, produce sustentación.
- 3Extensión de la parte principal de un edificio.
- 4Parte que sobresale de un tejado para resguardarlo de la lluvia.
- 5Borde saliente de algo, especialmente de un sombrero.
- 6Movimiento político, especialmente si se aparta de la corriente mayoritaria.
- 7En un perfil metálico en T, cada una de las secciones que están en los extremos, que son paralelas entre sí y están unidas de forma perpendicular por el alma.
- 8Axila.
- 9En el juego del ajedrez las que forman los peones de cada uno de los caballos con el peón del roque inmediato, y por consiguiente cada jugador tiene su ala izquierda y derecha.
- 10Nombre de algunas secciones del esfenoides.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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 “ala”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈala] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ay” - see the side-by-side comparison. ala vs ay
- 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.