echar paja
[eˈt͡ʃaɾ ˈpaxa]
The verdict
“echar paja” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acusar, informar o delatar a una persona sobre alguna acción cometida por un tercero que puede ser objeto de sanción.
Corpus desk
Index ES-echar-paja · echar paja · Spanish
echar paja · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | echar paja |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [eˈt͡ʃaɾ ˈpaxa] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “echar paja” en español
Rare enough to double-check
echar paja is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [eˈt͡ʃaɾ ˈpaxa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for echar paja in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is echar paja, spelled E-C-H-A-R- -P-A-J-A.
Definition
- 1Acusar, informar o delatar a una persona sobre alguna acción cometida por un tercero que puede ser objeto de sanción.
- 2Chismear, hablar o divulgar información sobre otra persona, especialmente con intención crítica o humorística.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.