orilla

/[oˈɾiʝa]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,209

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

orilla is aSpanishnoun. It means: Lugar en el que se acaba una superficie. Pronounced [oˈɾiʝa]. It ranks #6,209 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with orina and Oriol.

Key facts for orilla
PropertyValue
Headwordorilla
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[oˈɾiʝa]
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,209
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for orilla is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [oˈɾiʝa]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,209 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 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 orilla, with forms such as "oirlla", "orila", and "orilal". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "orina", "Oriol", "orillas", 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 orilla, spelled O-R-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
    Lugar en el que se acaba una superficie.
  2. 2
    Lugar en que se acaba la tierra y limita con el agua de mares o ríos.
  3. 3
    En ausencia de acera, borde de la calle que se destina al tránsito peatonal.
  4. 4
    Borde que refuerza o adorna una tela o tejido.
  5. 5
    Por extensión, cualquier límite de algo material o inmaterial.
  6. 6
    Persona que vive en los barrios que circundan una ciudad.^([cita requerida])

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oirlla,orila,orilal,orlila,orrilla,roilla

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for orilla

Misspelling Variants of "orilla"

oirlla6orila5orilal6orlila6orrilla7roilla6
Misspelling Variants of "orilla"

Frequency rank: #6,209 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "orilla"?
"orilla" is spelled O-R-I-L-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [oˈɾiʝa].
What does "orilla" mean?
As a noun, "orilla" means: Lugar en el que se acaba una superficie.
What words are commonly confused with "orilla"?
"orilla" is commonly confused with "orina", "Oriol", "orillas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "orilla"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "orilla" is [oˈɾiʝa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "orilla" come from?
"orilla" 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.