pellejo

Name: pellejo, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[peˈʝexo]

/[peˈʝexo]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“pellejo” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #27,715. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,715
frequency rank, Spanish: 6,028
“P” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cuero o piel del animal, en especial cuando se la ha quitado del animal muerto.

Corpus desk

Index ES-pellejo · pellejo · Spanish

pellejo · rank #27,715 · 8 variants · 3 confusables

FREQ-MID #27,715
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,028
PHOTO-FINISH pecar

Nearest frequency peer: pecar (-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.

panas

72,289
patito

72,288
pecar

72,287
pellejo

72,286
percibida

72,285
permitidas

72,284

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

pellejo vs pendejo

71% similar

pellejo vs perplejo

75% similar

pellejo vs peleo

71% similar

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

Key facts for pellejo
Property	Value
Headword	pellejo
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[peˈʝexo]
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#27,715
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	3
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “pellejo”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.pellejocae aquí:

#27,715

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “pecar” (#27,714), “percibida” (#27,716), “patito” (#27,713). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “pellejo” va en #27,715. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around pellejo (IPA [peˈʝexo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,715 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for pellejo, with forms such as "epllejo", "pelejo", and "peleljo". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "pendejo", "perplejo", "peleo", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is pellejo, spelled P-E-L-L-E-J-O.

Definition

1
Cuero o piel del animal, en especial cuando se la ha quitado del animal muerto.
2
Piel de la fruta o de alguna hortaliza.
3
Vida humana.
4
Trozo de la piel humana, en especial si ha desprendido o levantado debido a una herida o quemadura.
5
Cuero cosido que en algunas partes se usa para transportar o conservar líquidos.
6
Persona ebria.

Synonyms

corambre odre borracho curado ebrio

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

epllejo
pelejo
peleljo
pellejjo
pelleoj
pelljeo
plelejo
ppellejo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pellejo - 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.

Edit distance from "pellejo"

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 "pellejo"?

"pellejo" is spelled P-E-L-L-E-J-O. The IPA pronunciation is [peˈʝexo].

What does "pellejo" mean?

As a noun, "pellejo" means: Cuero o piel del animal, en especial cuando se la ha quitado del animal muerto.

What words are commonly confused with "pellejo"?

"pellejo" is commonly confused with "pendejo", "perplejo", "peleo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "pellejo"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pellejo" is [peˈʝexo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "pellejo" come from?

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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