picagallina
[pikaɣ̞aˈʝina]
The verdict
“picagallina” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Stellaria media) Planta anual de la familia de las Cariofiláceas, oriunda de Europa, que crece en matas que pueden llegar a medir 30 cm, generalmente de porte rastrero por la poca firmeza de sus t...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | picagallina |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pikaɣ̞aˈʝina] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “picagallina” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for picagallina is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pikaɣ̞aˈʝina]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(Stellaria media) Planta anual de la familia de las Cariofiláceas, oriunda de Europa, que crece en matas que pueden llegar a medir 30 cm, generalmente de porte rastrero por la poca firmeza de sus t...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for picagallina, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is picagallina, spelled P-I-C-A-G-A-L-L-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1(Stellaria media) Planta anual de la familia de las Cariofiláceas, oriunda de Europa, que crece en matas que pueden llegar a medir 30 cm, generalmente de porte rastrero por la poca firmeza de sus tallos, hojas ovales, puntiagudas y opuestas, pequeñas flores blancas (unos 4 mm.) con forma de estrella (por ello el nombre stellaria, del latín stella). Se la encuentra en parajes húmedos y sombríos, y se la considera invasiva en jardines, tierras de labor y prados. Se emplea en medicina y para alimentar pájaros.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “picagallina”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-I-C-A-G-A-L-L-I-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pikaɣ̞aˈʝina] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.