péndola

/[ˈpẽn̪d̪ola]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Language

Spanish

word origin

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

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similar word pairs

péndola is aSpanishnoun. It means: Varilla o eje, generalmente con una punta decorada, que oscila en los relojes decorativos tradicionales de pared. Pronounced [ˈpẽn̪d̪ola].

Key facts for péndola
PropertyValue
Headwordpéndola
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpẽn̪d̪ola]
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

péndola is not present in the top-100,000 ranked Spanish corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for péndola is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpẽn̪d̪ola]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for péndola in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 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 péndola, spelled P-É-N-D-O-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Varilla o eje, generalmente con una punta decorada, que oscila en los relojes decorativos tradicionales de pared.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, reloj de pared o que tiene péndola₁.
  3. 3
    Cualquiera de las piezas verticales de la armadura de una cubierta, que van desde la solera hasta la línea tesa.
  4. 4
    Cada una de las varillas que sostienen puentes colgantes y estucturas similares.
  5. 5
    (Dalbergia) Cualquiera de las especies de cierto género pantropical de pequeños a medianos árboles, arbustos y lianas de la familia de las leguminosas Leguminosae o Fabaceae, subfamilia Faboideae. Muchas especies se comercializan por su madera de muy alta calidad, utilizada para la fabricación de instrumentos musicales, salas de conciertos, y muebles de lujo.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "péndola"?
"péndola" is spelled P-É-N-D-O-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpẽn̪d̪ola].
What does "péndola" mean?
As a noun, "péndola" means: Varilla o eje, generalmente con una punta decorada, que oscila en los relojes decorativos tradicionales de pared.
How do you pronounce "péndola"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "péndola" is [ˈpẽn̪d̪ola]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "péndola" come from?
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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.