pañuelo

/[paˈɲwelo]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,699

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

pañuelo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Diminutivo de paño Pronounced [paˈɲwelo]. It ranks #9,699 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Paulo and Pozuelo.

Key facts for pañuelo
PropertyValue
Headwordpañuelo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[paˈɲwelo]
Letters7
Frequency rank#9,699
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pañuelo is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [paˈɲwelo]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,699 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for pañuelo, with forms such as "apñuelo", "pauñelo", and "pañeulo". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Paulo", "Pozuelo", "pañuelos", 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 pañuelo, spelled P-A-Ñ-U-E-L-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Diminutivo de paño
  2. 2
    Pieza de tela cuadrada, que se lleva generalmente dentro del bolsillo, para propósitos personales de higiene tales como limpiarse las manos o sonarse la nariz.
  3. 3
    Prenda de forma cuadrada que utilizan las mujeres para cubrirse la cabeza o se anudan estéticamente alrededor del cuello.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: apñuelo,pauñelo,pañeulo,pañuello,pañueol,pañuleo,ppañuelo,pñauelo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pañuelo

Misspelling Variants of "pañuelo"

apñuelo7pauñelo7pañeulo7pañuello8pañueol7pañuleo7ppañuelo8pñauelo7
Misspelling Variants of "pañuelo"

Frequency rank: #9,699 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pañuelo"?
"pañuelo" is spelled P-A-Ñ-U-E-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is [paˈɲwelo].
What does "pañuelo" mean?
As a noun, "pañuelo" means: Diminutivo de paño
What words are commonly confused with "pañuelo"?
"pañuelo" is commonly confused with "Paulo", "Pozuelo", "pañuelos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pañuelo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pañuelo" is [paˈɲwelo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pañuelo" come from?
"pañuelo" 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.