pleura
[ˈplewɾa]
The verdict
“pleura” 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) - Membrana doble que cubre y protege los pulmones del roce contra la pared torácica. La membrana interna que va junto al pulmón, membrana visceral, está separada por un espacio virtual (cavidad pleur...
Corpus desk
Index ES-pleura · pleura · Spanish
pleura · 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 | pleura |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈplewɾa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pleura” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pleura is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈplewɾa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Membrana doble que cubre y protege los pulmones del roce contra la pared torácica. La membrana interna que va junto al pulmón, membrana visceral, está separada por un espacio virtual (cavidad pleur...".
pleura doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is pleura, spelled P-L-E-U-R-A.
Definition
- 1Membrana doble que cubre y protege los pulmones del roce contra la pared torácica. La membrana interna que va junto al pulmón, membrana visceral, está separada por un espacio virtual (cavidad pleural), de la membrana más externa, membrana parietal o costal; y ambas se deslizan en la cavidad virtual al respirar, gracias a un líquido que actúa como lubricante.
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.