platillo
[plaˈt̪iʝo]
The verdict
“platillo” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #18,044 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #18,044
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pieza pequeña que figura semejante al plato, cualquiera que sea su uso y la materia de la que esté formada.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | platillo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [plaˈt̪iʝo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #18,044 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “platillo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for platillo is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [plaˈt̪iʝo]. Corpus data places it at rank #18,044 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 13 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for platillo, with forms such as "lpatillo", "paltillo", and "plaitllo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "platino", "portillo", "platillos", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is platillo, spelled P-L-A-T-I-L-L-O.
Definition
- 1Pieza pequeña que figura semejante al plato, cualquiera que sea su uso y la materia de la que esté formada.
- 2Cualquier pieza de figura semejante al plato₁, bien se use suelta o bien esté fija como parte de un artefacto, mueble o máquina.
- 3Cada una de las dos piezas, por lo común en forma de plato o de discos, que tiene la balanza.
- 4En ciertos juegos de naipes, recipiente, por lo común de forma circular, donde los jugadores ponen, en moneda o en fichas, la cantidad que se atraviesa en cada mano.
- 5Esta misma cantidad.
- 6Guisado compuesto de carne y verduras picadas.
- 7Extraordinario que comen los religiosos en sus comunidades los días festivos, además de la porción ordinaria.
- 8Dulce de platillo.
- 9Objeto o asunto de murmuración.
- 10Instrumento de percusión compuesto de dos chapas metálicas circulares de unos 30 cm. de diámetro y tres o cuatro milímetros de grueso, que tienen en el centro una pequeña concavidad con un agujero en que se introduce una correa doblada, por la cual se pasan las manos para sujetar dichas chapas y hacerlas chocar una con otra por el lado cóncavo. Sirve en lad músicas, especialmente en las militares, para acompañamiento.
- 11La comida que es servida y puesta en un plato.
- 12Objeto de madera similar a un plato, empleado para chancar diversos alimentos; y, en general, para majar la yuca y el plátano.
- 13Término con que son denominados los tapones metálicos que suelen ponerse en algunas botellas.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: lpatillo,paltillo,plaitllo,platilo,platilol,platlilo,plattillo,pllatillo,pltaillo,pplatillo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of platillo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “platillo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-L-A-T-I-L-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [plaˈt̪iʝo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “platino” - see the side-by-side comparison. platillo vs platino
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.