placenta

/[plaˈsẽn̪t̪a]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#33,772

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

placenta is aSpanishnoun. It means: Órgano muy vascularizado en la pared del útero que sirve para la implantanción y alimentación del feto a través del cordón umbilical que los une. Es propio de los mamíferos placentarios. Pronounced [plaˈsẽn̪t̪a]. Often confused with planta and planeta.

Key facts for placenta
PropertyValue
Headwordplacenta
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[plaˈsẽn̪t̪a]
Letters8
Frequency rank#33,772
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for placenta is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [plaˈsẽn̪t̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #33,772 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for placenta, with forms such as "lpacenta", "palcenta", and "placcenta". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "planta", "planeta", "placentera", 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 placenta, spelled P-L-A-C-E-N-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Órgano muy vascularizado en la pared del útero que sirve para la implantanción y alimentación del feto a través del cordón umbilical que los une. Es propio de los mamíferos placentarios.
  2. 2
    Serie de nervios del ovario donde se forman los rudimentos seminales y que se unen a ellos mediante un filamento, el funículo o cordón umbilical.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lpacenta,palcenta,placcenta,placenat,placennta,placentta,placetna,placneta,plaecnta,plasenta,plcaenta,pllacenta,pplacenta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for placenta

Misspelling Variants of "placenta"

lpacenta8palcenta8placcenta9placenat8placennta9placentta9placetna8placneta8
Misspelling Variants of "placenta"

Frequency rank: #33,772 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "placenta"?
"placenta" is spelled P-L-A-C-E-N-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [plaˈsẽn̪t̪a].
What does "placenta" mean?
As a noun, "placenta" means: Órgano muy vascularizado en la pared del útero que sirve para la implantanción y alimentación del feto a través del cordón umbilical que los une. Es propio de los mamíferos placentarios.
What words are commonly confused with "placenta"?
"placenta" is commonly confused with "planta", "planeta", "placentera". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "placenta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "placenta" is [plaˈsẽn̪t̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "placenta" come from?
"placenta" 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.