película

[peˈlikula]

/[peˈlikula]/ noun

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The verdict

“película” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #580. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#580
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capa delgada de material que cubre un objeto.

Corpus desk

Index ES-pelicula · película · Spanish

película · rank #580 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-CORE #580
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH partir

Nearest frequency peer: partir (-1 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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “película”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “película” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

película vs películas
89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “película”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).películacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “partir” (#579), “partidos” (#578), “república” (#582). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “película” va en #580. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around película (IPA [peˈlikula]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #580 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for película, with forms such as "eplícula", "pelcíula", and "pellícula". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "películas", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is película, spelled P-E-L-Í-C-U-L-A.

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

cáscarapiel

This word in other languages

film(English)film(Français)Film(Deutsch)fita(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eplícula
  • pelcíula
  • pellícula
  • pelíccula
  • pelíclua
  • pelícual
  • películla
  • pelíucla
  • peílcula
  • pleícula
  • ppelícula

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of película - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

eplícula2pelcíula2pellícula1pelíccula1pelíclua2pelícual2películla1pelíucla2
Edit distance from "película"

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.

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?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "película", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

partidos#578internet#562miembros#613político#540

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

hacerlo11 variantspalabra11 variantsoctubre11 variantsentiendo11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list