oreja

/[oˈɾexa]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,332

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

oreja is aSpanishnoun. It means: Estructura cartilaginosa (compuesta de piel y cartílago) que forma la parte externa del oído del hombre y algunos animales. Pronounced [oˈɾexa]. It ranks #7,332 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with ósea and oreo.

Key facts for oreja
PropertyValue
Headwordoreja
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[oˈɾexa]
Letters5
Frequency rank#7,332
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for oreja is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [oˈɾexa]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,332 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for oreja, with forms such as "oerja", "oreaj", and "orejja". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ósea", "oreo", "oren", and more, 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 oreja, spelled O-R-E-J-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Estructura cartilaginosa (compuesta de piel y cartílago) que forma la parte externa del oído del hombre y algunos animales.
  2. 2
    Oído.
  3. 3
    Asa de una taza u otro recipiente.
  4. 4
    Porción de masa de maíz, mezclada con sal, generalmente manteca y a veces otros condimentos como epazote, y se incluye en muchos caldos y guisados de la cocina mexicana.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oerja,oreaj,orejja,orjea,orreja,roeja

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for oreja

Misspelling Variants of "oreja"

oerja5oreaj5orejja6orjea5orreja6roeja5
Misspelling Variants of "oreja"

Frequency rank: #7,332 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "oreja"?
"oreja" is spelled O-R-E-J-A. The IPA pronunciation is [oˈɾexa].
What does "oreja" mean?
As a noun, "oreja" means: Estructura cartilaginosa (compuesta de piel y cartílago) que forma la parte externa del oído del hombre y algunos animales.
What words are commonly confused with "oreja"?
"oreja" is commonly confused with "ósea", "oreo", "oren". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "oreja"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "oreja" is [oˈɾexa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "oreja" come from?
"oreja" 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.