papel

/[paˈpel]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#593

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

papel is aSpanishnoun. It means: Material poroso, elaborado a partir de la pulpa de las fibras de diversos vegetales, y utilizado como soporte para la grafía escrita o impresa. Pronounced [paˈpel]. It ranks #593 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with pel and pase.

Key facts for papel
PropertyValue
Headwordpapel
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[paˈpel]
Letters5
Frequency rank#593
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for papel is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [paˈpel]. Corpus data places it at rank #593 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for papel, with forms such as "appel", "paepl", and "papell". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pel", "pase", "piel", 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 papel, spelled P-A-P-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Material poroso, elaborado a partir de la pulpa de las fibras de diversos vegetales, y utilizado como soporte para la grafía escrita o impresa.
  2. 2
    Hoja o trozo de este material.
  3. 3
    Impreso de menor extensión que un folleto o libro.
  4. 4
    Personaje de una obra representada por un actor.
  5. 5
    Por extensión, función que una persona o cosa cumple en algún respecto.
  6. 6
    Valor o título que se pone a cotización en el mercado financiero.
  7. 7
    Documento oficial que acredita alguna cosa.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: appel,paepl,papell,paple,pappel,ppael,ppapel

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for papel

Misspelling Variants of "papel"

appel5paepl5papell6paple5pappel6ppael5ppapel6
Misspelling Variants of "papel"

Frequency rank: #593 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "papel"?
"papel" is spelled P-A-P-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [paˈpel].
What does "papel" mean?
As a noun, "papel" means: Material poroso, elaborado a partir de la pulpa de las fibras de diversos vegetales, y utilizado como soporte para la grafía escrita o impresa.
What words are commonly confused with "papel"?
"papel" is commonly confused with "pel", "pase", "piel". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "papel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "papel" is [paˈpel]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "papel" come from?
"papel" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter P in our Spanish index:

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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.