ayllu
[ˈaj.ʎu]
The verdict
“ayllu” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #66,699 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #66,699
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Familia.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ayllu |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaj.ʎu] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #66,699 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ayllu” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ayllu is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaj.ʎu]. Corpus data places it at rank #66,699 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.
ayllu doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is ayllu, spelled A-Y-L-L-U.
Definition
- 1Familia.
- 2Grupo de parentesco extenso en el antiguo Tahuantinsuyu (o Reino de las Cuatro Partes) precolombino peruano, cuyos miembros estaban unidos por derechos y obligaciones de tipo personal y laboral, entre sí como con el Inca gobernante.
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 “ayllu”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-Y-L-L-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaj.ʎu] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.