jaula

/[ˈxawla]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,438

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

jaula is aSpanishnoun. It means: Caja hecha con listones o barrotes separados entre sí, usada como prisión Pronounced [ˈxawla]. Often confused with jul and jua.

Key facts for jaula
PropertyValue
Headwordjaula
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈxawla]
Letters5
Frequency rank#11,438
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for jaula is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈxawla]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,438 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Caja hecha con listones o barrotes separados entre sí, usada como prisión".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for jaula, with forms such as "ajula", "jalua", and "jaual". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "jul", "jua", "java", and more, 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 jaula, spelled J-A-U-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Caja hecha con listones o barrotes separados entre sí, usada como prisión

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ajula,jalua,jaual,jaulla,jjaula,juala

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for jaula

Misspelling Variants of "jaula"

ajula5jalua5jaual5jaulla6jjaula6juala5
Misspelling Variants of "jaula"

Frequency rank: #11,438 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jaula"?
"jaula" is spelled J-A-U-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈxawla].
What does "jaula" mean?
As a noun, "jaula" means: Caja hecha con listones o barrotes separados entre sí, usada como prisión
What words are commonly confused with "jaula"?
"jaula" is commonly confused with "jul", "jua", "java". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jaula"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jaula" is [ˈxawla]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jaula" come from?
"jaula" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.