panecillo
[paneˈsiʝo]
The verdict
“panecillo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #61,028 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,028
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pan pequeño equivalente en peso a la mitad de una libreta.
Corpus desk
Index ES-panecillo · panecillo · Spanish
panecillo · rank #61,028 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,028
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH pancita
Nearest frequency peer: pancita (-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 “panecillo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- ova
ova
38,977 corpus weight
- palpa
palpa
38,975 corpus weight
- pancita
pancita
38,974 corpus weight
- panecillo
panecillo
38,973 corpus weight
- panegírico
panegírico
38,972 corpus weight
- parabólica
parabólica
38,970 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “panecillo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | panecillo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paneˈsiʝo] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #61,028 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “panecillo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
panecillo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #61,028 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [paneˈsiʝo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for panecillo, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is panecillo, spelled P-A-N-E-C-I-L-L-O.
Definition
- 1Pan pequeño equivalente en peso a la mitad de una libreta.
- 2Mollete esponjado, que se usa principalmente para el desayuno.
- 3Lo que tiene forma de un pan pequeño.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how panecillo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Díjele que me diese un panecillo de cuatro cuartos y dos libras de uvas».
«Tómese un panecillo que tenga buena forma, pártase al medio, desmíguese, iguálese la corteza, úntese bien con manteca por ambos lados, y luego caliéntese un poco para impregnarla de la manteca».
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).