colilla
[koˈliʝa]
The verdict
“colilla” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #60,643 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #60,643
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Porción del cigarrillo que queda al terminar de fumarlo, y que se apaga en un cenicero o se arroja.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | colilla |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [koˈliʝa] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #60,643 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “colilla” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for colilla is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [koˈliʝa]. Corpus data places it at rank #60,643 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Porción del cigarrillo que queda al terminar de fumarlo, y que se apaga en un cenicero o se arroja.".
colilla has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is colilla, spelled C-O-L-I-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Porción del cigarrillo que queda al terminar de fumarlo, y que se apaga en un cenicero o se arroja.
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 “colilla”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-L-I-L-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [koˈliʝa] (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.