palla
[ˈpaʎɐ]
The verdict
“palla” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #87,074 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,074
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Paja, heno.
Corpus desk
Index ES-palla · palla · Spanish
palla · rank #87,074 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,074
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH palabrota
Nearest frequency peer: palabrota (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “palla”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- ordinales
ordinales
12,932 corpus weight
- palabrota
palabrota
12,928 corpus weight
- palla
palla
12,927 corpus weight
- panóptico
panóptico
12,926 corpus weight
- papus
papus
12,925 corpus weight
- pasquines
pasquines
12,921 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “palla” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | palla |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpaʎɐ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #87,074 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “palla” en español
Rare enough to double-check
palla is uncommon Spanish at frequency #87,074 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpaʎɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Paja, heno.".
palla doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 palla, spelled P-A-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Paja, heno.
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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