pescadilla
[peskaˈð̞iʝa]
The verdict
“pescadilla” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #95,578 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,578
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Merluccius merluccius) Pescado blanco y de agua salada de la familia de los merlúcidos, distribuida por las costas de casi toda Europa y el norte de África.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pescadilla · pescadilla · Spanish
pescadilla · rank #95,578 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,578
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH perímetros
Nearest frequency peer: perímetros (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “pescadilla”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- perfeccionan
perfeccionan
4,429 corpus weight
- periquitos
periquitos
4,428 corpus weight
- pervierte
pervierte
4,425 corpus weight
- perímetros
perímetros
4,424 corpus weight
- pescadilla
pescadilla
4,423 corpus weight
- polifónica
polifónica
4,418 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “pescadilla” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pescadilla |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [peskaˈð̞iʝa] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #95,578 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pescadilla” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pescadilla is uncommon Spanish at frequency #95,578 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [peskaˈð̞iʝa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Merluccius merluccius) Pescado blanco y de agua salada de la familia de los merlúcidos, distribuida por las costas de casi toda Europa y el norte de África.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pescadilla, 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is pescadilla, spelled P-E-S-C-A-D-I-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1(Merluccius merluccius) Pescado blanco y de agua salada de la familia de los merlúcidos, distribuida por las costas de casi toda Europa y el norte de África.
Synonyms
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.
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