panelista
[paneˈlist̪a]
The verdict
“panelista” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #44,900 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #44,900
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que pertenece o concierne al panel periodístico.
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 | panelista |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [paneˈlist̪a] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #44,900 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “panelista” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for panelista is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [paneˈlist̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #44,900 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Que pertenece o concierne al panel periodístico.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for panelista, with forms such as "apnelista", "paenlista", and "paneilsta". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "paulista", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is panelista, spelled P-A-N-E-L-I-S-T-A.
Definition
- 1Que pertenece o concierne al panel periodístico.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: apnelista,paenlista,paneilsta,panelisat,panelissta,panelistta,panelitsa,panellista,panelsita,panleista,pannelista,pnaelista,ppanelista
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of panelista - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “panelista”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-A-N-E-L-I-S-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [paneˈlist̪a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “paulista” - see the side-by-side comparison. panelista vs paulista
- 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.