orillas

/[oˈɾiʝas]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,559

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

orillas is aSpanishnoun. It means: Barrios de la periferia de una ciudad. Pronounced [oˈɾiʝas]. It ranks #8,559 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with ollas and orilla.

Key facts for orillas
PropertyValue
Headwordorillas
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[oˈɾiʝas]
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,559
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for orillas is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [oˈɾiʝas]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,559 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Barrios de la periferia de una ciudad.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for orillas, with forms such as "oirllas", "orilals", and "orilas". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "ollas", "orilla", 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 orillas, spelled O-R-I-L-L-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Barrios de la periferia de una ciudad.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oirllas,orilals,orilas,orillass,orillsa,orlilas,orrillas,roillas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for orillas

Misspelling Variants of "orillas"

oirllas7orilals7orilas6orillass8orillsa7orlilas7orrillas8roillas7
Misspelling Variants of "orillas"

Frequency rank: #8,559 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

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