pirulí
[piɾuˈli]
The verdict
“pirulí” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Caramelo duro y colorido, de hasta 10 a 15 cm de alto, de forma cónica o piramidal con punta muy aguda, con un palito en la base que sirve para sostenerlo, y que viene envuelto en papel plástico tr...
Corpus desk
Index ES-piruli · pirulí · Spanish
pirulí · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pirulí |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [piɾuˈli] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pirulí” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pirulí is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [piɾuˈli]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Caramelo duro y colorido, de hasta 10 a 15 cm de alto, de forma cónica o piramidal con punta muy aguda, con un palito en la base que sirve para sostenerlo, y que viene envuelto en papel plástico tr...".
Zero misspellings are on record for pirulí in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is pirulí, spelled P-I-R-U-L-Í.
Definition
- 1Caramelo duro y colorido, de hasta 10 a 15 cm de alto, de forma cónica o piramidal con punta muy aguda, con un palito en la base que sirve para sostenerlo, y que viene envuelto en papel plástico transparente (similar al papel celofán).
Synonyms
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.