polea
[poˈlea]
The verdict
“polea” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #52,459 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #52,459
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mecanismo compuesto de una rueda, acanalada en su borde, por la cual pasa una cuerda en cuyos dos extremos actúan, respectivamente, la potencia y la resistencia. Se usa para levantar objetos pesado...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | polea |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [poˈlea] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #52,459 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “polea” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for polea is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [poˈlea]. Corpus data places it at rank #52,459 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Mecanismo compuesto de una rueda, acanalada en su borde, por la cual pasa una cuerda en cuyos dos extremos actúan, respectivamente, la potencia y la resistencia. Se usa para levantar objetos pesado...".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for polea, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 polea, spelled P-O-L-E-A.
Definition
- 1Mecanismo compuesto de una rueda, acanalada en su borde, por la cual pasa una cuerda en cuyos dos extremos actúan, respectivamente, la potencia y la resistencia. Se usa para levantar objetos pesados, y es más útil usar combinaciones de 2 o más poleas.
This word in other languages
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 “polea”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-O-L-E-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [poˈlea] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.