apostilla

/[aposˈt̪iʝa]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#56,802

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

apostilla is aSpanishnoun. It means: Glosa, nota o acotación que se pone en el margen de los libros o escritos, para interpretación o ilustración del texto, o para suplemento de lo que le faltaba. Pronounced [aposˈt̪iʝa].

Key facts for apostilla
PropertyValue
Headwordapostilla
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aposˈt̪iʝa]
Letters9
Frequency rank#56,802
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of apostilla in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for apostilla is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aposˈt̪iʝa]. Corpus data places it at rank #56,802 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for apostilla in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is apostilla, spelled A-P-O-S-T-I-L-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Glosa, nota o acotación que se pone en el margen de los libros o escritos, para interpretación o ilustración del texto, o para suplemento de lo que le faltaba.
  2. 2
    Método simplificado de legalización de documentos a efectos de verificar su autenticidad en el ámbito del Derecho internacional privado. Físicamente consiste en una hoja que se agrega (adherida al reverso o en una página adicional) a los documentos que la autoridad competente estampa sobre una copia del documento público.

Frequency rank: #56,802 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "apostilla"?
"apostilla" is spelled A-P-O-S-T-I-L-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [aposˈt̪iʝa].
What does "apostilla" mean?
As a noun, "apostilla" means: Glosa, nota o acotación que se pone en el margen de los libros o escritos, para interpretación o ilustración del texto, o para suplemento de lo que le faltaba.
How do you pronounce "apostilla"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "apostilla" is [aposˈt̪iʝa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "apostilla" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.