juego de palabras
[ˈxweɣ̞o ð̞e paˈlaβ̞ɾas]
The verdict
“juego de palabras” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Uso ingenioso, a veces jocoso, de las palabras o vocablos, en que se activa deliberadamente algún tipo de asociación entre ellas, como un sonido similar, un contraste de significado, una alteración...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | juego de palabras |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈxweɣ̞o ð̞e paˈlaβ̞ɾas] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “juego de palabras” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
juego de palabras is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈxweɣ̞o ð̞e paˈlaβ̞ɾas]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Uso ingenioso, a veces jocoso, de las palabras o vocablos, en que se activa deliberadamente algún tipo de asociación entre ellas, como un sonido similar, un contraste de significado, una alteración...".
juego de palabras has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is juego de palabras, spelled J-U-E-G-O- -D-E- -P-A-L-A-B-R-A-S.
Definition
- 1Uso ingenioso, a veces jocoso, de las palabras o vocablos, en que se activa deliberadamente algún tipo de asociación entre ellas, como un sonido similar, un contraste de significado, una alteración del orden sintáctico, etc.
This word in other languages
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.
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is J-U-E-G-O- -D-E- -P-A-L-A-B-R-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.