pleural
[plewˈɾal]
The verdict
“pleural” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #72,206 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,206
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Propio de la pleura o relacionado con ella
Corpus desk
Index ES-pleural · pleural · Spanish
pleural · rank #72,206 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,206
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH planetarias
Nearest frequency peer: planetarias (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “pleural”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- pitar
pitar
27,799 corpus weight
- plagiado
plagiado
27,798 corpus weight
- planetarias
planetarias
27,796 corpus weight
- pleural
pleural
27,795 corpus weight
- poneos
poneos
27,794 corpus weight
- porco
porco
27,791 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “pleural” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pleural |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [plewˈɾal] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #72,206 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pleural” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pleural is uncommon Spanish at frequency #72,206 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [plewˈɾal]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Propio de la pleura o relacionado con ella".
pleural has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is pleural, spelled P-L-E-U-R-A-L.
Definition
- 1Propio de la pleura o relacionado con ella
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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