pliegue
[ˈpljeɣ̞e]
The verdict
“pliegue” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #41,008 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #41,008
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Parte en que una superficie se dobla, donde no está lisa o extendida.
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 | pliegue |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpljeɣ̞e] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #41,008 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pliegue” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for pliegue is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpljeɣ̞e]. Corpus data places it at rank #41,008 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for pliegue, with forms such as "lpiegue", "pilegue", and "pleigue". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "pliegues", "pegué", "pliego", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is pliegue, spelled P-L-I-E-G-U-E.
Definition
- 1Parte en que una superficie se dobla, donde no está lisa o extendida.
- 2Señal que queda en una superficie que fue plegada, en el lugar donde se dobló.
- 3Acción y resultado de doblar o plegar algo flexible para fines estéticos o prácticos.
- 4Deformación que se produce en la corteza de la tierra por el movimiento de rocas que han sido sometidas a una presión lateral.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: lpiegue,pilegue,pleigue,pliegeu,plieggue,plieuge,pligeue,plliegue,ppliegue
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pliegue - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “pliegue”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-L-I-E-G-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈpljeɣ̞e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “pliegues” - see the side-by-side comparison. pliegue vs pliegues
- 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.