palillo

[paˈliʝo]

/[paˈliʝo]/ noun

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The verdict

“palillo” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #45,487. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,487
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrumento de madera, afilado por al menos uno de sus extremos, que es usado para eliminar restos de comida de entre los dientes.

Corpus desk

Index ES-palillo · palillo · Spanish

palillo · rank #45,487 · 8 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,487
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH palestinas

Nearest frequency peer: palestinas (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “palillo”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “palillo” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

palillo vs pillo
71% similar
palillo vs palito
71% similar
palillo vs pasillo
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for palillo
PropertyValue
Headwordpalillo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[paˈliʝo]
Letters7
Frequency rank#45,487
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “palillo”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).palillocae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “palestinas” (#45,486), “panela” (#45,488), “panqueque” (#45,489). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “palillo” va en #45,487. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around palillo (IPA [paˈliʝo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,487 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for palillo, with forms such as "aplillo", "pailllo", and "palilo". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "pillo", "palito", "pasillo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is palillo, spelled P-A-L-I-L-L-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Instrumento de madera, afilado por al menos uno de sus extremos, que es usado para eliminar restos de comida de entre los dientes.
  2. 2
    Utensilio oriental de madera que, usado en par, se usa como cubierto.
  3. 3
    Diminutivo de palo.
  4. 4
    Instrumento de madera alargado que se usa para tocar instrumentos de percusión, como el tambor.
  5. 5
    Instrumento que se usa en pares para tejer.
  6. 6
    Persona muy delgada.
  7. 7
    Vena gruesa de las hojas del tabaco que puede quedar en el cigarro o cigarrillo.
  8. 8
    Castañuela.

Synonyms

escarbadientesmondadientesbaquetaaguja de tejer

This word in other languages

toothpick(English)cure-dent(Français)Zahnstocher(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aplillo
  • pailllo
  • palilo
  • palilol
  • pallillo
  • pallilo
  • plaillo
  • ppalillo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of palillo - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aplillo2pailllo2palilo1palilol2pallillo1pallilo2plaillo2ppalillo1
Edit distance from "palillo"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "palillo"?
"palillo" is spelled P-A-L-I-L-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is [paˈliʝo].
What does "palillo" mean?
As a noun, "palillo" means: Instrumento de madera, afilado por al menos uno de sus extremos, que es usado para eliminar restos de comida de entre los dientes.
What words are commonly confused with "palillo"?
"palillo" is commonly confused with "pillo", "palito", "pasillo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "palillo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "palillo" is [paˈliʝo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "palillo" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "palillo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

némesis#45,476novillo#45,475pepitas#45,500perilla#45,504

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

panela8 variantsnantes8 variantspobla8 variantsmucama8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list