koala

/[koˈala]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#51,719

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

koala is aSpanishnoun. It means: (Phascolarctos cinereus) Mamífero marsupial nativo de Australia, el último representante supérstite de la familia Phascolarctidae, de cuerpo robusto de hasta 15 kg de peso, cubierto de denso pelaje... Pronounced [koˈala].

Key facts for koala
PropertyValue
Headwordkoala
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[koˈala]
Letters5
Frequency rank#51,719
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for koala is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [koˈala]. Corpus data places it at rank #51,719 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.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for koala in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 koala, spelled K-O-A-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Phascolarctos cinereus) Mamífero marsupial nativo de Australia, el último representante supérstite de la familia Phascolarctidae, de cuerpo robusto de hasta 15 kg de peso, cubierto de denso pelaje gris, y miembros cortos dotados de fuertes garras, incluyendo dos pulgares oponibles. Es arborícola y de metabolismo muy lento.
  2. 2
    Pequeño bolso que se ata a la altura de la cintura y se lleva por delante.

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Frequency rank: #51,719 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "koala"?
"koala" is spelled K-O-A-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [koˈala].
What does "koala" mean?
As a noun, "koala" means: (Phascolarctos cinereus) Mamífero marsupial nativo de Australia, el último representante supérstite de la familia Phascolarctidae, de cuerpo robusto de hasta 15 kg de peso, cubierto de denso pelaje...
How do you pronounce "koala"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "koala" is [koˈala]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "koala" 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.