pilar

/[piˈlaɾ]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,340

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

pilar is aSpanishnoun. It means: Elemento arquitectónico vertical de soporte aislado y macizo ya sea de sección rectangular, cruciforme o estrellada, que se usa en la construcción para soportar una estructura. Pronounced [piˈlaɾ]. It ranks #5,340 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with plan and play.

Key facts for pilar
PropertyValue
Headwordpilar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[piˈlaɾ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,340
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pilar is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [piˈlaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,340 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for pilar, with forms such as "iplar", "pialr", and "pilarr". 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, "plan", "play", "piña", 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 pilar, spelled P-I-L-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Elemento arquitectónico vertical de soporte aislado y macizo ya sea de sección rectangular, cruciforme o estrellada, que se usa en la construcción para soportar una estructura.
  2. 2
    Carteles que señalizan los caminos.
  3. 3
    Concepto o principio que es muy fundamental, elemental o más importante que el resto de cosas que forman parte de un conjunto.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: iplar,pialr,pilarr,pilra,pliar,ppilar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pilar

Misspelling Variants of "pilar"

iplar5pialr5pilarr6pilra5pliar5ppilar6
Misspelling Variants of "pilar"

Frequency rank: #5,340 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pilar"?
"pilar" is spelled P-I-L-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [piˈlaɾ].
What does "pilar" mean?
As a noun, "pilar" means: Elemento arquitectónico vertical de soporte aislado y macizo ya sea de sección rectangular, cruciforme o estrellada, que se usa en la construcción para soportar una estructura.
What words are commonly confused with "pilar"?
"pilar" is commonly confused with "plan", "play", "piña". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pilar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pilar" is [piˈlaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pilar" come from?
"pilar" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter P in our Spanish index:

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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.