Paulina

/[pawˈlina]/ name

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,928

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

Paulina is aSpanishname. It means: Nombre de pila de mujer Pronounced [pawˈlina]. Often confused with pulida and Paulino.

Key facts for Paulina
PropertyValue
HeadwordPaulina
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[pawˈlina]
Letters7
Frequency rank#16,928
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Paulina is 7 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pawˈlina]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,928 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Nombre de pila de mujer".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Paulina, with forms such as "apulina", "paluina", and "pauilna". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "pulida", "Paulino", "Pauline", 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 Paulina, spelled P-A-U-L-I-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nombre de pila de mujer

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: apulina,paluina,pauilna,paulian,paulinna,paullina,paulnia,ppaulina,pualina

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Paulina

Misspelling Variants of "Paulina"

apulina7paluina7pauilna7paulian7paulinna8paullina8paulnia7ppaulina8
Misspelling Variants of "Paulina"

Frequency rank: #16,928 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Paulina"?
"Paulina" is spelled P-A-U-L-I-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [pawˈlina].
What does "Paulina" mean?
As a name, "Paulina" means: Nombre de pila de mujer
What words are commonly confused with "Paulina"?
"Paulina" is commonly confused with "pulida", "Paulino", "Pauline". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Paulina"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Paulina" is [pawˈlina]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Paulina" come from?
"Paulina" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.