palo de boya
[ˈpalo ð̞e ˈβ̞oʝa]
The verdict
“palo de boya” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Erythrina poeppigiana) Árbol caducifolio de la familia Fabaceae nativo la zona intertropical de Centroamérica, Sudamérica y Antillas Mayores. Es usado por su valor ornamental debido a su amplia fl...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | palo de boya |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈpalo ð̞e ˈβ̞oʝa] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “palo de boya” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for palo de boya is 12 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpalo ð̞e ˈβ̞oʝa]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(Erythrina poeppigiana) Árbol caducifolio de la familia Fabaceae nativo la zona intertropical de Centroamérica, Sudamérica y Antillas Mayores. Es usado por su valor ornamental debido a su amplia fl...".
palo de boya doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is palo de boya, spelled P-A-L-O- -D-E- -B-O-Y-A.
Definition
- 1(Erythrina poeppigiana) Árbol caducifolio de la familia Fabaceae nativo la zona intertropical de Centroamérica, Sudamérica y Antillas Mayores. Es usado por su valor ornamental debido a su amplia floración y para dar sombra a otros cultivos.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “palo de boya”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-A-L-O- -D-E- -B-O-Y-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈpalo ð̞e ˈβ̞oʝa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.