parodia
[paˈɾoð̞ja]
The verdict
“parodia” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #10,040 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #10,040
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Imitación irónica o burlesca de una obra literaria, teatral o musical de carácter serio.
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 | parodia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paˈɾoð̞ja] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #10,040 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “parodia” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for parodia is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [paˈɾoð̞ja]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,040 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Imitación irónica o burlesca de una obra literaria, teatral o musical de carácter serio.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for parodia, with forms such as "aprodia", "paordia", and "pardoia". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "podía", "propia", "perdía", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 parodia, spelled P-A-R-O-D-I-A.
Definition
- 1Imitación irónica o burlesca de una obra literaria, teatral o musical de carácter serio.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aprodia,paordia,pardoia,parodai,paroddia,paroida,parrodia,pparodia,praodia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of parodia - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “parodia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-A-R-O-D-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [paˈɾoð̞ja] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “podía” - see the side-by-side comparison. parodia vs podía
- 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.