pillaje

/[piˈʝaxe]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#44,925

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

pillaje is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de hurtar con violencia, robar, despojar o saquear. Pronounced [piˈʝaxe]. Often confused with pillar and pillan.

Key facts for pillaje
PropertyValue
Headwordpillaje
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[piˈʝaxe]
Letters7
Frequency rank#44,925
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pillaje is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [piˈʝaxe]. Corpus data places it at rank #44,925 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Acción o efecto de hurtar con violencia, robar, despojar o saquear.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for pillaje, with forms such as "ipllaje", "pilaje", and "pilalje". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "pillar", "pillan", "pillas", 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 pillaje, spelled P-I-L-L-A-J-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de hurtar con violencia, robar, despojar o saquear.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ipllaje,pilaje,pilalje,pillaej,pillajje,pilljae,plilaje,ppillaje

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pillaje

Misspelling Variants of "pillaje"

ipllaje7pilaje6pilalje7pillaej7pillajje8pilljae7plilaje7ppillaje8
Misspelling Variants of "pillaje"

Frequency rank: #44,925 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pillaje"?
"pillaje" is spelled P-I-L-L-A-J-E. The IPA pronunciation is [piˈʝaxe].
What does "pillaje" mean?
As a noun, "pillaje" means: Acción o efecto de hurtar con violencia, robar, despojar o saquear.
What words are commonly confused with "pillaje"?
"pillaje" is commonly confused with "pillar", "pillan", "pillas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pillaje"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pillaje" is [piˈʝaxe]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pillaje" come from?
"pillaje" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Nearby Spanish words

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

Explore PlainSpell

Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.