parental

/[paɾẽn̪ˈt̪al]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#35,180

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

parental is anSpanishadj. It means: Que pertenece o concierne a los padres o parientes. Pronounced [paɾẽn̪ˈt̪al].

Key facts for parental
PropertyValue
Headwordparental
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[paɾẽn̪ˈt̪al]
Letters8
Frequency rank#35,180
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for parental is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [paɾẽn̪ˈt̪al]. Corpus data places it at rank #35,180 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Que pertenece o concierne a los padres o parientes.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for parental, with forms such as "aprental", "paerntal", and "parenatl". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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

Definition

  1. 1
    Que pertenece o concierne a los padres o parientes.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aprental,paerntal,parenatl,parenntal,parentall,parentla,parenttal,paretnal,parnetal,parrental,pparental,praental

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for parental

Misspelling Variants of "parental"

aprental8paerntal8parenatl8parenntal9parentall9parentla8parenttal9paretnal8
Misspelling Variants of "parental"

Frequency rank: #35,180 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "parental"?
"parental" is spelled P-A-R-E-N-T-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [paɾẽn̪ˈt̪al].
What does "parental" mean?
As an adj, "parental" means: Que pertenece o concierne a los padres o parientes.
What are common misspellings of "parental"?
Common misspellings include "aprental", "paerntal", "parenatl", "parenntal", "parentall". The correct spelling is "parental".
How do you pronounce "parental"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "parental" is [paɾẽn̪ˈt̪al]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "parental" come from?
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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.