papilla
[paˈpiʝa]
The verdict
“papilla” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,818 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,818
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Papas que se dan a los niños, hechas por lo común con miel o azúcar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-papilla · papilla · Spanish
papilla · rank #51,818 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,818
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH palpitaciones
Nearest frequency peer: palpitaciones (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “papilla”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- pagarás
pagarás
48,186 corpus weight
- palais
palais
48,185 corpus weight
- palpitacion…
palpitaciones
48,184 corpus weight
- papilla
papilla
48,183 corpus weight
- parade
parade
48,181 corpus weight
- paralizadas
paralizadas
48,179 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “papilla” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | papilla |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paˈpiʝa] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,818 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “papilla” en español
Rare enough to double-check
papilla is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,818 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [paˈpiʝa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for papilla, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 papilla, spelled P-A-P-I-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Papas que se dan a los niños, hechas por lo común con miel o azúcar.
- 2Cautela o astucia halagüeña para engañar a uno.
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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