panela
[paˈnela]
The verdict
“panela” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #45,488 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #45,488
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Producto derivado de la caña de azúcar de forma prismática, color castaño y sabor dulce.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | panela |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paˈnela] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #45,488 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “panela” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for panela is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [paˈnela]. Corpus data places it at rank #45,488 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Producto derivado de la caña de azúcar de forma prismática, color castaño y sabor dulce.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for panela, with forms such as "apnela", "paenla", and "paneal". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pela", "papel", "Paula", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is panela, spelled P-A-N-E-L-A.
Definition
- 1Producto derivado de la caña de azúcar de forma prismática, color castaño y sabor dulce.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: apnela,paenla,paneal,panella,panlea,pannela,pnaela,ppanela
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of panela - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “panela”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-A-N-E-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [paˈnela] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “pela” - see the side-by-side comparison. panela vs pela
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.