piel

/[ˈpjel]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,389

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

piel is aSpanishnoun. It means: Órgano del sistema integumentario, compuesto por varias capas de tejido epitelial, que recubre casi todo el exterior del cuerpo de los animales vertebrados, aislándolo de los agentes patógenos exte... Pronounced [ˈpjel]. It ranks #1,389 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with pío and Pol.

Key facts for piel
PropertyValue
Headwordpiel
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpjel]
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,389
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of piel in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for piel is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpjel]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,389 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for piel, with forms such as "ipel", "peil", and "piell". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pío", "Pol", "pin", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 piel, spelled P-I-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Órgano del sistema integumentario, compuesto por varias capas de tejido epitelial, que recubre casi todo el exterior del cuerpo de los animales vertebrados, aislándolo de los agentes patógenos externos y alojando los receptores para la sensación.
  2. 2
    Delgada capa exterior que forma el epicarpio en algunos frutos.
  3. 3
    Material de abrigo formado por el cuero de animales de denso pelaje, curtido de tal modo que este se conserve y luzca, empleado en prendas de invierno.
  4. 4
    Cuero curtido para su uso en marroquinería o indumentaria.
  5. 5
    Química (cohesión o entendimiento con otras personas).

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ipel,peil,piell,pile,ppiel

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for piel

Misspelling Variants of "piel"

ipel4peil4piell5pile4ppiel5
Misspelling Variants of "piel"

Frequency rank: #1,389 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "piel"?
"piel" is spelled P-I-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpjel].
What does "piel" mean?
As a noun, "piel" means: Órgano del sistema integumentario, compuesto por varias capas de tejido epitelial, que recubre casi todo el exterior del cuerpo de los animales vertebrados, aislándolo de los agentes patógenos exte...
What words are commonly confused with "piel"?
"piel" is commonly confused with "pío", "Pol", "pin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "piel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "piel" is [ˈpjel]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "piel" come from?
"piel" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.