pañoleta

/[paɲoˈlet̪a]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#76,629

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

pañoleta is aSpanishnoun. It means: Pañuelo triangular que se lleva sobre el cuello como abrigo o adorno. Pronounced [paɲoˈlet̪a].

Key facts for pañoleta
PropertyValue
Headwordpañoleta
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[paɲoˈlet̪a]
Letters8
Frequency rank#76,629
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of pañoleta in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pañoleta is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [paɲoˈlet̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #76,629 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for pañoleta in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is pañoleta, spelled P-A-Ñ-O-L-E-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pañuelo triangular que se lleva sobre el cuello como abrigo o adorno.
  2. 2
    Corbata estrecha del mismo color que la faja, que llevan puesta los toreros junto al traje de luces.
  3. 3
    Parte de terreno abierto y dilatado, pero todavía algo distante, comprendida en la especie de triángulo que suelen formar aparentemente dos montañas vecinas y la línea remota del horizonte.

Synonyms

Frequency rank: #76,629 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pañoleta"?
"pañoleta" is spelled P-A-Ñ-O-L-E-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [paɲoˈlet̪a].
What does "pañoleta" mean?
As a noun, "pañoleta" means: Pañuelo triangular que se lleva sobre el cuello como abrigo o adorno.
How do you pronounce "pañoleta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pañoleta" is [paɲoˈlet̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pañoleta" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.