polisílabo
[poliˈsilaβ̞o]
The verdict
“polisílabo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que tiene más de una sílaba Por ejemplo; el polisílabo cartel (de origen italiano) no se acentúa y cártel (alemán si)
Corpus desk
Index ES-polisilabo · polisílabo · Spanish
polisílabo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | polisílabo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [poliˈsilaβ̞o] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “polisílabo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
polisílabo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [poliˈsilaβ̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "que tiene más de una sílaba Por ejemplo; el polisílabo cartel (de origen italiano) no se acentúa y cártel (alemán si)".
polisílabo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is polisílabo, spelled P-O-L-I-S-Í-L-A-B-O.
Definition
- 1que tiene más de una sílaba Por ejemplo; el polisílabo cartel (de origen italiano) no se acentúa y cártel (alemán si)
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.