palillo

/[paˈliʝo]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#45,487

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

palillo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Instrumento de madera, afilado por al menos uno de sus extremos, que es usado para eliminar restos de comida de entre los dientes. Pronounced [paˈliʝo]. Often confused with pillo and palito.

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

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for palillo is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [paˈliʝo]. Corpus data places it at rank #45,487 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for palillo, with forms such as "aplillo", "pailllo", and "palilo". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "pillo", "palito", "pasillo", 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 palillo, spelled P-A-L-I-L-L-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aplillo,pailllo,palilo,palilol,pallillo,pallilo,plaillo,ppalillo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for palillo

Misspelling Variants of "palillo"

aplillo7pailllo7palilo6palilol7pallillo8pallilo7plaillo7ppalillo8
Misspelling Variants of "palillo"

Frequency rank: #45,487 in Spanish

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?
"palillo" 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.