atril

[aˈt̪ɾil]

/[aˈt̪ɾil]/ noun

The verdict

“atril” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #56,827 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,827
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Soporte de madera o metálico inclinado, con o sin pedestal, para apoyar partituras, libros, misales... abiertos, lo cual facilita la lectura.

Corpus desk

Index ES-atril · atril · Spanish

atril · rank #56,827 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,827
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH atrapen

Nearest frequency peer: atrapen (-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 “atril”

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 “atril” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for atril
PropertyValue
Headwordatril
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aˈt̪ɾil]
Letters5
Frequency rank#56,827
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “atril” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).atrilcae en esta cola de rareza:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “atrapen” (#56,826), “aullidos” (#56,828), “Astana” (#56,824). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “atril” va en #56,827. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

atril is uncommon Spanish at frequency #56,827 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈt̪ɾil]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Soporte de madera o metálico inclinado, con o sin pedestal, para apoyar partituras, libros, misales... abiertos, lo cual facilita la lectura.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for atril, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is atril, spelled A-T-R-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Soporte de madera o metálico inclinado, con o sin pedestal, para apoyar partituras, libros, misales... abiertos, lo cual facilita la lectura.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how atril appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. El arte de la marquetería. Aunque un atril es para poner un libro encima, creo que en este será mejor no poner nada, porque no se vería el calado. La parte superior del atril, tiene una cenefa alrededor, y en la zona interior en sus 4 esquinas un conjunto de hojas, que rodean la zona central y dentro de ella una mujer con su arpa y ramas de laurel.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "atril"?
"atril" is spelled A-T-R-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈt̪ɾil].
What does "atril" mean?
As a noun, "atril" means: Soporte de madera o metálico inclinado, con o sin pedestal, para apoyar partituras, libros, misales... abiertos, lo cual facilita la lectura.
How do you pronounce "atril"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "atril" is [aˈt̪ɾil]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "atril" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list