filacteria
[filakˈt̪eɾja]
The verdict
“filacteria” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Cinta o banda, con las extremidades enrolladas y que lleva escrita una leyenda.
Corpus desk
Index ES-filacteria · filacteria · Spanish
filacteria · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | filacteria |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [filakˈt̪eɾja] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “filacteria” en español
Rare enough to double-check
filacteria is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [filakˈt̪eɾja]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for filacteria, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is filacteria, spelled F-I-L-A-C-T-E-R-I-A.
Definition
- 1Cinta o banda, con las extremidades enrolladas y que lleva escrita una leyenda.
- 2Implemento ritual, compuesto por dos pequeñas cajuelas de madera recubiertas en cuero y dotadas de una correa del mismo material con la cual se fijan una al brazo izquierdo y otra a la frente durante ciertas plegarias en la tradición judía. En su interior se guardan cuatro fragmentos de pergamino inscritos por un sofer o escriba ritual, con las mismas precauciones tomadas para los rollos de la Torá, con cuatro textos bíblicos, tomados de Deuteronomio 64-9; Deuteronomio 113-21; Éxodo 131-10; y Éxodo 1311-16.
- 3Objeto empleado como amuleto o protección contra el peligro o el mal.
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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.