Pelin
[ˈpelĩn]
The verdict
“Pelin” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,994 among 48,357 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,994
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Apellido.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pelin · Pelin · Spanish
Pelin · rank #67,994 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,994
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 48,357
- PHOTO-FINISH pelirrojos
Nearest frequency peer: pelirrojos (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Pelin”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- patota
patota
32,011 corpus weight
- pedidas
pedidas
32,010 corpus weight
- pedregoso
pedregoso
32,009 corpus weight
- Pelin
Pelin
32,007 corpus weight
- pelirrojos
pelirrojos
32,006 corpus weight
- pepinillos
pepinillos
32,004 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Pelin” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pelin |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈpelĩn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #67,994 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Pelin” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Pelin is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,994 among 48,357 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈpelĩn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Apellido.".
Pelin doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 Pelin, spelled P-E-L-I-N.
Definition
- 1Apellido.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.