parroquia

/[paˈrokja]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,712

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

parroquia is aSpanishnoun. It means: En las iglesias católica, anglicana y ortodoxa, iglesia a la que le compete la predicación y la administración de los asuntos religiosos en un determinado territorio, parte de una diócesis. Pronounced [paˈrokja]. It ranks #6,712 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with parroquial and parroquias.

Key facts for parroquia
PropertyValue
Headwordparroquia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[paˈrokja]
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,712
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for parroquia is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [paˈrokja]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,712 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for parroquia, with forms such as "aprroquia", "paroquia", and "parorquia". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "parroquial", "parroquias", 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 parroquia, spelled P-A-R-R-O-Q-U-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    En las iglesias católica, anglicana y ortodoxa, iglesia a la que le compete la predicación y la administración de los asuntos religiosos en un determinado territorio, parte de una diócesis.
  2. 2
    Territorio que corresponde a una parroquia₁.
  3. 3
    Conjunto de fieles que habitan en una parroquia₂.
  4. 4
    Por extensión, conjunto de clientes habituales de un establecimiento.
  5. 5
    División político-territorial de mínimo rango que se emplea en algunas administraciones, como las regiones españolas de Galicia o Asturias, o los países de Ecuador o Venezuela.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aprroquia,paroquia,parorquia,parroqiua,parroqquia,parroquai,parrouqia,parrqouia,pparroquia,praroquia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for parroquia

Misspelling Variants of "parroquia"

aprroquia9paroquia8parorquia9parroqiua9parroqquia10parroquai9parrouqia9parrqouia9
Misspelling Variants of "parroquia"

Frequency rank: #6,712 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "parroquia"?
"parroquia" is spelled P-A-R-R-O-Q-U-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [paˈrokja].
What does "parroquia" mean?
As a noun, "parroquia" means: En las iglesias católica, anglicana y ortodoxa, iglesia a la que le compete la predicación y la administración de los asuntos religiosos en un determinado territorio, parte de una diócesis.
What words are commonly confused with "parroquia"?
"parroquia" is commonly confused with "parroquial", "parroquias". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "parroquia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "parroquia" is [paˈrokja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "parroquia" come from?
"parroquia" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.