polisemia
[poliˈsemja]
The verdict
“polisemia” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Propiedad de un signo, significante, vocablo o mensaje de poseer varios significados.
Corpus desk
Index ES-polisemia · polisemia · Spanish
polisemia · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | polisemia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [poliˈsemja] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “polisemia” en español
Rare enough to double-check
polisemia is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [poliˈsemja]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Propiedad de un signo, significante, vocablo o mensaje de poseer varios significados.".
No misspelling variants are generated for polisemia in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is polisemia, spelled P-O-L-I-S-E-M-I-A.
Definition
- 1Propiedad de un signo, significante, vocablo o mensaje de poseer varios significados.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how polisemia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La palabra banco tiene polisemia ya que puede referirse al lugar donde se guarda el dinero, un lugar para sentarse, etc.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.