orla

/[ˈoɾla]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#51,812

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

orla is aSpanishnoun. It means: Orilla de paños, telas, vestidos u otras cosas, con algún adorno que la distingue. Pronounced [ˈoɾla].

Key facts for orla
PropertyValue
Headwordorla
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈoɾla]
Letters4
Frequency rank#51,812
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for orla is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈoɾla]. Corpus data places it at rank #51,812 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.

No misspelling variants are generated for orla in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns.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 orla, spelled O-R-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Orilla de paños, telas, vestidos u otras cosas, con algún adorno que la distingue.
  2. 2
    Adorno que se dibuja, pinta, graba o imprime en las orillas de una hoja de papel, vitela o pergamino, en torno de lo escrito o impreso, o rodeando un retrato, viñeta, cifra, etc.
  3. 3
    Pieza hecha en forma de filete y puesta dentro del escudo, aunque separada de sus extremos otra tanta distancia como ella tiene de ancho, que por lo ordinario es la duodécima parte de la mitad del escudo, que corresponde a la mitad de la bordura.
  4. 4
    Lámina en donde se juntan los retratos de los condiscípulos de una misma promoción escolar al momento de graduarse.

Frequency rank: #51,812 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "orla"?
"orla" is spelled O-R-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈoɾla].
What does "orla" mean?
As a noun, "orla" means: Orilla de paños, telas, vestidos u otras cosas, con algún adorno que la distingue.
How do you pronounce "orla"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "orla" is [ˈoɾla]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "orla" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.