penada
[peˈnað̞a]
The verdict
“penada” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #70,517 among 48,357 “P” headwords), classed as a participle. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,517
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del femenino de penado, participio de penar o de penarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-penada · penada · Spanish
penada · rank #70,517 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,517
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 48,357
- PHOTO-FINISH penar
Nearest frequency peer: penar (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “penada”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- parcialidad…
parcialidades
29,490 corpus weight
- parquet
parquet
29,489 corpus weight
- penada
penada
29,484 corpus weight
- penar
penar
29,482 corpus weight
- pensase
pensase
29,481 corpus weight
- percal
percal
29,479 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “penada” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | penada |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Participle |
| IPA | [peˈnað̞a] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #70,517 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “penada” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
penada is uncommon Spanish at frequency #70,517 among 48,357 “P” headwords, classed as aparticiple, transcribed [peˈnað̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del femenino de penado, participio de penar o de penarse.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for penada, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is penada, spelled P-E-N-A-D-A.
Definition
- 1Forma del femenino de penado, participio de penar o de penarse.
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 6 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.