pantalla

/[pãn̪ˈt̪aʝa]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,614

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

pantalla is aSpanishnoun. It means: Lámina de material opaco o translúcido con que se dirige u obstruye la luz de una lámpara. Pronounced [pãn̪ˈt̪aʝa]. It ranks #1,614 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with patilla and pantalón.

Key facts for pantalla
PropertyValue
Headwordpantalla
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pãn̪ˈt̪aʝa]
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,614
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pantalla is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pãn̪ˈt̪aʝa]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,614 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for pantalla, with forms such as "apntalla", "panatlla", and "panntalla". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "patilla", "pantalón", "pastilla", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 pantalla, spelled P-A-N-T-A-L-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lámina de material opaco o translúcido con que se dirige u obstruye la luz de una lámpara.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, lámina tal que se emplea para aislar dos espacios.
  3. 3
    Por extensión, persona o hecho empleado para ocultar otro.
  4. 4
    Superficie sobre la que se proyectan imágenes, como las del cine.
  5. 5
    Por metonimia, la industria cinematográfico.
  6. 6
    Por analogía, periférico de ordenador que proporciona una interfaz visual con el mismo.
  7. 7
    Apariencia engañosa que alguien o algo proyecta.
  8. 8
    Instrumento, a modo de una lámina de material ligero, usado para mover el aire.
  9. 9
    Adorno en forma de aro o de otra manera que se utiliza en el lóbulo de las orejas.
  10. 10
    Cartelera callejera.
  11. 11
    Alarde, presunción, engreimiento, vanidad, soberbia.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: apntalla,panatlla,panntalla,pantala,pantalal,pantlala,panttalla,patnalla,pnatalla,ppantalla

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pantalla

Misspelling Variants of "pantalla"

apntalla8panatlla8panntalla9pantala7pantalal8pantlala8panttalla9patnalla8
Misspelling Variants of "pantalla"

Frequency rank: #1,614 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pantalla"?
"pantalla" is spelled P-A-N-T-A-L-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [pãn̪ˈt̪aʝa].
What does "pantalla" mean?
As a noun, "pantalla" means: Lámina de material opaco o translúcido con que se dirige u obstruye la luz de una lámpara.
What words are commonly confused with "pantalla"?
"pantalla" is commonly confused with "patilla", "pantalón", "pastilla". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pantalla"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pantalla" is [pãn̪ˈt̪aʝa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pantalla" come from?
"pantalla" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.