bagatela

[baɣ̞aˈt̪ela]

/[baɣ̞aˈt̪ela]/ noun

The verdict

“bagatela” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #86,505 among 2,459 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,505
frequency rank, Spanish
2,459
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cosa de poco valor o importancia.

Corpus desk

Index ES-bagatela · bagatela · Spanish

bagatela · rank #86,505 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,505
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,459
  • PHOTO-FINISH bacteriología

Nearest frequency peer: bacteriología (-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 “bagatela”

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bagatela
PropertyValue
Headwordbagatela
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[baɣ̞aˈt̪ela]
Letters8
Frequency rank#86,505
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “bagatela” en español

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

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “bacteriología” (#86,504), “azuladas” (#86,501), “bajarían” (#86,509). Entre 2,459 lemas con “B”, “bagatela” va en #86,505. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bagatela is uncommon Spanish at frequency #86,505 among 2,459 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [baɣ̞aˈt̪ela]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bagatela, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is bagatela, spelled B-A-G-A-T-E-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cosa de poco valor o importancia.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, asunto o problema de poco valor o importancia.

Synonyms

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 "bagatela"?
"bagatela" is spelled B-A-G-A-T-E-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [baɣ̞aˈt̪ela].
What does "bagatela" mean?
As a noun, "bagatela" means: Cosa de poco valor o importancia.
How do you pronounce "bagatela"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bagatela" is [baɣ̞aˈt̪ela]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bagatela" come from?
"bagatela" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list