película

/[peˈlikula]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#580

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

película is aSpanishnoun. It means: Capa delgada de material que cubre un objeto. Pronounced [peˈlikula]. It ranks #580 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with películas.

Key facts for película
PropertyValue
Headwordpelícula
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[peˈlikula]
Letters8
Frequency rank#580
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for película is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [peˈlikula]. Corpus data places it at rank #580 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for película, with forms such as "eplícula", "pelcíula", and "pellícula". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "películas", 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 película, spelled P-E-L-Í-C-U-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Capa delgada de material que cubre un objeto.
  2. 2
    En particular, la que cubre algunas lesiones de la piel.
  3. 3
    Delgada capa exterior que forma el epicarpio en algunos frutos.
  4. 4
    Delgada capa de celuloide que ha recibido o puede recibir una impresión fotográfica.
  5. 5
    Por metonimia, obra cinematográfica completa, esté o no impresionada en una película₄ tal.
  6. 6
    Apariencia engañosa que alguien o algo proyecta.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eplícula,pelcíula,pellícula,pelíccula,pelíclua,pelícual,películla,pelíucla,peílcula,pleícula,ppelícula

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for película

Misspelling Variants of "película"

eplícula8pelcíula8pellícula9pelíccula9pelíclua8pelícual8películla9pelíucla8
Misspelling Variants of "película"

Frequency rank: #580 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "película"?
"película" is spelled P-E-L-Í-C-U-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [peˈlikula].
What does "película" mean?
As a noun, "película" means: Capa delgada de material que cubre un objeto.
What words are commonly confused with "película"?
"película" is commonly confused with "películas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "película"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "película" is [peˈlikula]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "película" come from?
"película" 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.