maxila
[makˈsila]
The verdict
“maxila” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Parte superior de las mandíbulas (las piezas de hueso o cartílago que forman la boca de los vertebrados, en las cuales están los dientes).
Corpus desk
Index ES-maxila · maxila · Spanish
maxila · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maxila |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [makˈsila] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “maxila” en español
Rare enough to double-check
maxila is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [makˈsila]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
maxila doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is maxila, spelled M-A-X-I-L-A.
Definition
- 1Parte superior de las mandíbulas (las piezas de hueso o cartílago que forman la boca de los vertebrados, en las cuales están los dientes).
- 2Cada uno de los dos huesos principales que forman el maxiliar superior o la parte de arriba de la mandíbula.
- 3Pieza de la boca de ciertos animales artrópodos, generalmente dotada de palpos o apéndices sensoriales.
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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.