armilla

[aɾˈmiʝa]

/[aɾˈmiʝa]/ noun

The verdict

“armilla” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #91,599 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,599
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cordón con forma de anillo que abraza la columna por debajo del tambor del capitel.

Corpus desk

Index ES-armilla · armilla · Spanish

armilla · rank #91,599 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,599
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH Arnao

Nearest frequency peer: Arnao (+1 rank slots)

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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “armilla”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “armilla” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for armilla
PropertyValue
Headwordarmilla
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aɾˈmiʝa]
Letters7
Frequency rank#91,599
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “armilla” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).armillacae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “Arnao” (#91,600), “arremetiendo” (#91,601), “arisca” (#91,596). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “armilla” va en #91,599. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

armilla is uncommon Spanish at frequency #91,599 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aɾˈmiʝa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for armilla in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. 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.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is armilla, spelled A-R-M-I-L-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cordón con forma de anillo que abraza la columna por debajo del tambor del capitel.
  2. 2
    Parte de la basa de la columna, encima del plinto.
  3. 3
    Instrumento usado antiguamente para resolver problemas de trigonometría esférica.
  4. 4
    Brazalete o aro que era usado como adorno en los brazos.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "armilla"?
"armilla" is spelled A-R-M-I-L-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [aɾˈmiʝa].
What does "armilla" mean?
As a noun, "armilla" means: Cordón con forma de anillo que abraza la columna por debajo del tambor del capitel.
How do you pronounce "armilla"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "armilla" is [aɾˈmiʝa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "armilla" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "armilla", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list