pantalla
[pãn̪ˈt̪aʝa]
The verdict
“pantalla” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #1,614 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,614
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lámina de material opaco o translúcido con que se dirige u obstruye la luz de una lámpara.
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 | pantalla |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pãn̪ˈt̪aʝa] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,614 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pantalla” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for pantalla is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for pantalla, with forms such as "apntalla", "panatlla", and "panntalla". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "patilla", "pantalón", "pastilla", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is pantalla, spelled P-A-N-T-A-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Lámina de material opaco o translúcido con que se dirige u obstruye la luz de una lámpara.
- 2Por extensión, lámina tal que se emplea para aislar dos espacios.
- 3Por extensión, persona o hecho empleado para ocultar otro.
- 4Superficie sobre la que se proyectan imágenes, como las del cine.
- 5Por metonimia, la industria cinematográfico.
- 6Por analogía, periférico de ordenador que proporciona una interfaz visual con el mismo.
- 7Apariencia engañosa que alguien o algo proyecta.
- 8Instrumento, a modo de una lámina de material ligero, usado para mover el aire.
- 9Adorno en forma de aro o de otra manera que se utiliza en el lóbulo de las orejas.
- 10Cartelera callejera.
- 11Alarde, presunción, engreimiento, vanidad, soberbia.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: apntalla,panatlla,panntalla,pantala,pantalal,pantlala,panttalla,patnalla,pnatalla,ppantalla
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pantalla - 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 “pantalla”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-A-N-T-A-L-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pãn̪ˈt̪aʝa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “patilla” - see the side-by-side comparison. pantalla vs patilla
- 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.