paja

/[ˈpaxa]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,431

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

paja is aSpanishnoun. It means: Tallo hueco de las gramíneas, una vez secado y separado del fruto. Pronounced [ˈpaxa]. It ranks #3,431 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with paz and pan.

Key facts for paja
PropertyValue
Headwordpaja
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpaxa]
Letters4
Frequency rank#3,431
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for paja is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpaxa]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,431 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for paja, with forms such as "apja", "paaj", and "pajja". 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, "paz", "pan", "pal", 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 paja, spelled P-A-J-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tallo hueco de las gramíneas, una vez secado y separado del fruto.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, la parte descartable de cualquier producto, por contraposición con aquella verdaderamente útil.
  3. 3
    Tubo delgado y corto, utilizado para sorber líquidos.
  4. 4
    Acción y efecto de masturbarse.
  5. 5
    Sensación de aburrimiento o pereza.
  6. 6
    Mentira o engaño deliberadamente propalado.
  7. 7
    Acción que demuestra estupidez o falta de juicio.
  8. 8
    Discurso jactancioso o engreído.
  9. 9
    Llave que, colocada al extremo de una cañería, gradúa o limita el flujo de aquello que esta contiene.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: apja,paaj,pajja,pjaa,ppaja

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for paja

Misspelling Variants of "paja"

apja4paaj4pajja5pjaa4ppaja5
Misspelling Variants of "paja"

Frequency rank: #3,431 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "paja"?
"paja" is spelled P-A-J-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpaxa].
What does "paja" mean?
As a noun, "paja" means: Tallo hueco de las gramíneas, una vez secado y separado del fruto.
What words are commonly confused with "paja"?
"paja" is commonly confused with "paz", "pan", "pal". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "paja"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "paja" is [ˈpaxa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "paja" come from?
"paja" 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.