ayllu
[ˈaj.ʎu]
The verdict
“ayllu” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #66,699 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,699
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Familia.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ayllu · ayllu · Spanish
ayllu · rank #66,699 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,699
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH ayatolá
Nearest frequency peer: ayatolá (-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 “ayllu”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- aventó
aventó
33,305 corpus weight
- ayatolá
ayatolá
33,303 corpus weight
- ayllu
ayllu
33,302 corpus weight
- azotando
azotando
33,300 corpus weight
- añadan
añadan
33,299 corpus weight
- balam
balam
33,298 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ayllu” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “ayllu” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ayllu is uncommon Spanish at frequency #66,699 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaj.ʎu]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
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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