paja
[ˈpaxa]
The verdict
“paja” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #3,431 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,431
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tallo hueco de las gramíneas, una vez secado y separado del fruto.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paja |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpaxa] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #3,431 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “paja” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for paja is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for paja, with forms such as "apja", "paaj", and "pajja". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is paja, spelled P-A-J-A.
Definition
- 1Tallo hueco de las gramíneas, una vez secado y separado del fruto.
- 2Por extensión, la parte descartable de cualquier producto, por contraposición con aquella verdaderamente útil.
- 3Tubo delgado y corto, utilizado para sorber líquidos.
- 4Acción y efecto de masturbarse.
- 5Sensación de aburrimiento o pereza.
- 6Mentira o engaño deliberadamente propalado.
- 7Acción que demuestra estupidez o falta de juicio.
- 8Discurso jactancioso o engreído.
- 9Llave que, colocada al extremo de una cañería, gradúa o limita el flujo de aquello que esta contiene.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: apja,paaj,pajja,pjaa,ppaja
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of paja - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “paja”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-A-J-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈpaxa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “paz” - see the side-by-side comparison. paja vs paz
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.