falbalá
[falβ̞aˈla]
The verdict
“falbalá” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pieza casi cuadrada que se pone en la faldilla del cuarto trasero de la casaca.
Corpus desk
Index ES-falbala · falbalá · Spanish
falbalá · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | falbalá |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [falβ̞aˈla] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “falbalá” en español
Rare enough to double-check
falbalá is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [falβ̞aˈla]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for falbalá, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is falbalá, spelled F-A-L-B-A-L-Á.
Definition
- 1Pieza casi cuadrada que se pone en la faldilla del cuarto trasero de la casaca.
- 2Banda de tela plegada o guarnición que se pone por adorno en la parte interior de los vestidos de las señoras.
Synonyms
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.