paladino
[palaˈð̞ino]
The verdict
“paladino” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #94,423 among 48,357 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,423
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Caballero heroico.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paladino |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [palaˈð̞ino] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #94,423 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “paladino” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
paladino is uncommon Spanish at frequency #94,423 among 48,357 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [palaˈð̞ino]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Caballero heroico.".
No misspelling variants are generated for paladino in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is paladino, spelled P-A-L-A-D-I-N-O.
Definition
- 1Caballero heroico.
Synonyms
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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 “paladino”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-A-L-A-D-I-N-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.