franela
[fɾaˈnela]
The verdict
“franela” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #39,767 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #39,767
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tejido fino de lana o algodón, muy empleado para las sábanas.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | franela |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɾaˈnela] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #39,767 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “franela” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for franela is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɾaˈnela]. Corpus data places it at rank #39,767 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for franela, with forms such as "farnela", "ffranela", and "fraenla". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "franja", "Franca", "favela", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is franela, spelled F-R-A-N-E-L-A.
Definition
- 1Tejido fino de lana o algodón, muy empleado para las sábanas.
- 2Trozo de este tejido.
- 3Camiseta.
- 4Trapo con el que se lustran los muebles.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: farnela,ffranela,fraenla,franeal,franella,franlea,frannela,frnaela,frranela,rfanela
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of franela - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “franela”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-R-A-N-E-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fɾaˈnela] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “franja” - see the side-by-side comparison. franela vs franja
- 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.