oblea

/[oˈβ̞lea]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#73,907

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

oblea is aSpanishnoun. It means: Hoja muy delgada de masa de harina y agua, cocida en molde, y cuyos trozos, cuadrados o circulares, servían para pegar sobres o cubiertas de oficios o cartas. Pronounced [oˈβ̞lea].

Key facts for oblea
PropertyValue
Headwordoblea
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[oˈβ̞lea]
Letters5
Frequency rank#73,907
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for oblea is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [oˈβ̞lea]. Corpus data places it at rank #73,907 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for oblea 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 oblea, spelled O-B-L-E-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hoja muy delgada de masa de harina y agua, cocida en molde, y cuyos trozos, cuadrados o circulares, servían para pegar sobres o cubiertas de oficios o cartas.
  2. 2
    Cada uno de los trozos en los que se divide la oblea.
  3. 3
    Trocito, por lo común circular, hecho de goma arábiga preparada en láminas y usado también para cerrar cartas.
  4. 4
    Producto similar al pan hecho en forma de hoja fina y aplanada.
  5. 5
    Hoja delgada de harina que se usaba como base de algunos dulces.
  6. 6
    Dulce circular delgado, elaborado con harina, huevos y azúcar batidos en agua o leche.
  7. 7
    Cápsula que recubre un medicamento que permite tragarlo sin percibir su sabor.
  8. 8
    Galleta pequeña crocante, rectangular y alargada, rellena con crema o con algún dulce.
  9. 9
    Disco delgado de silicio u otro material semiconductor en el que se fabrican los chips y circuitos electrónicos.
  10. 10
    Persona extremadamente delgada.

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #73,907 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "oblea"?
"oblea" is spelled O-B-L-E-A. The IPA pronunciation is [oˈβ̞lea].
What does "oblea" mean?
As a noun, "oblea" means: Hoja muy delgada de masa de harina y agua, cocida en molde, y cuyos trozos, cuadrados o circulares, servían para pegar sobres o cubiertas de oficios o cartas.
How do you pronounce "oblea"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "oblea" is [oˈβ̞lea]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "oblea" 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.