paya
[ˈpaʝa]
The verdict
“paya” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #57,285 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,285
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que pertenece o concierne a un pueblo amerindio de origen chibcha que habita Honduras.
Corpus desk
Index ES-paya · paya · Spanish
paya · rank #57,285 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,285
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH patineta
Nearest frequency peer: patineta (-2 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 “paya”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- pasionales
pasionales
42,722 corpus weight
- patearon
patearon
42,719 corpus weight
- patineta
patineta
42,718 corpus weight
- paya
paya
42,716 corpus weight
- pechugas
pechugas
42,714 corpus weight
- peleados
peleados
42,712 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “paya” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paya |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈpaʝa] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #57,285 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “paya” en español
Rare enough to double-check
paya is uncommon Spanish at frequency #57,285 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈpaʝa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Que pertenece o concierne a un pueblo amerindio de origen chibcha que habita Honduras.".
Zero misspellings are on record for paya in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is paya, spelled P-A-Y-A.
Definition
- 1Que pertenece o concierne a un pueblo amerindio de origen chibcha que habita Honduras.
Synonyms
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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