morcilla

/[moɾˈsiʝa]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#34,686

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

morcilla is aSpanishnoun. It means: Embutido de sangre cocida y aderezada de diversas maneras Pronounced [moɾˈsiʝa]. Often confused with Morillo.

Key facts for morcilla
PropertyValue
Headwordmorcilla
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[moɾˈsiʝa]
Letters8
Frequency rank#34,686
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for morcilla is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [moɾˈsiʝa]. Corpus data places it at rank #34,686 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for morcilla, with forms such as "mmorcilla", "mocrilla", and "morccilla". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Morillo", 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 morcilla, spelled M-O-R-C-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
    Embutido de sangre cocida y aderezada de diversas maneras
  2. 2
    Grupo de palabras o frases que un actor improvisa y añade en su papel en el momento de la representación.
  3. 3
    Comida intoxicada que se usaba para matar perros callejeros.
  4. 4
    Pene.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmorcilla,mocrilla,morccilla,morcila,morcilal,morclila,moriclla,morrcilla,morsilla,mrocilla,omrcilla

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for morcilla

Misspelling Variants of "morcilla"

mmorcilla9mocrilla8morccilla9morcila7morcilal8morclila8moriclla8morrcilla9
Misspelling Variants of "morcilla"

Frequency rank: #34,686 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "morcilla"?
"morcilla" is spelled M-O-R-C-I-L-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [moɾˈsiʝa].
What does "morcilla" mean?
As a noun, "morcilla" means: Embutido de sangre cocida y aderezada de diversas maneras
What words are commonly confused with "morcilla"?
"morcilla" is commonly confused with "Morillo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "morcilla"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "morcilla" is [moɾˈsiʝa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "morcilla" come from?
"morcilla" 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.