frutilla

/[fɾuˈt̪iʝa]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#38,135

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

frutilla is aSpanishnoun. It means: Pseudofruto de las plantas del género Fragaria; es un eterio carnoso de color rosado intenso, rojo o blanco y forma aproximadamente cónica o esférica, muy apreciado en gastronomía por su sabor dulc... Pronounced [fɾuˈt̪iʝa]. Often confused with frutillas and flotilla.

Key facts for frutilla
PropertyValue
Headwordfrutilla
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fɾuˈt̪iʝa]
Letters8
Frequency rank#38,135
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of frutilla in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for frutilla is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɾuˈt̪iʝa]. Corpus data places it at rank #38,135 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for frutilla, with forms such as "ffrutilla", "frrutilla", and "frtuilla". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "frutillas", "flotilla", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is frutilla, spelled F-R-U-T-I-L-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pseudofruto de las plantas del género Fragaria; es un eterio carnoso de color rosado intenso, rojo o blanco y forma aproximadamente cónica o esférica, muy apreciado en gastronomía por su sabor dulce, ligeramente ácido e intenso aroma en la mayoría de los casos. Se consume crudo como fruta de postre y en numerosísimas preparaciones.
  2. 2
    (Fragaria spp.) Cualquiera de varias especies e híbridos de plantas rastreras de la familia de las rosáceas, cultivadas por su fruto comestible. Son plantas perennes que producen brotes nuevos cada año; presentan una roseta basal de donde surgen las hojas y los tallos florales, a cuyo extremo aparecen las flores, de cinco pétalos blancos, cinco sépalos y numerosos estambres. De la roseta basal surgen también otro tipo de tallos rastreros que producen raíces adventicias de donde nacen otras plantas. El fruto es en realidad un eterio, un engrosamiento del receptáculo floral, siendo los puntitos que hay sobre él los auténticos frutos.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffrutilla,frrutilla,frtuilla,fruitlla,frutila,frutilal,frutlila,fruttilla,furtilla,rfutilla

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for frutilla

Misspelling Variants of "frutilla"

ffrutilla9frrutilla9frtuilla8fruitlla8frutila7frutilal8frutlila8fruttilla9
Misspelling Variants of "frutilla"

Frequency rank: #38,135 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "frutilla"?
"frutilla" is spelled F-R-U-T-I-L-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [fɾuˈt̪iʝa].
What does "frutilla" mean?
As a noun, "frutilla" means: Pseudofruto de las plantas del género Fragaria; es un eterio carnoso de color rosado intenso, rojo o blanco y forma aproximadamente cónica o esférica, muy apreciado en gastronomía por su sabor dulc...
What words are commonly confused with "frutilla"?
"frutilla" is commonly confused with "frutillas", "flotilla". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "frutilla"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "frutilla" is [fɾuˈt̪iʝa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "frutilla" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.