polla

/[ˈpoʝa]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,568

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

polla is aSpanishnoun. It means: Hembra del pollo. Pronounced [ˈpoʝa]. It ranks #8,568 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with polo and popa.

Key facts for polla
PropertyValue
Headwordpolla
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpoʝa]
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,568
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of polla in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for polla is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpoʝa]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,568 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for polla, with forms such as "oplla", "plola", and "polal". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "polo", "popa", "pool", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is polla, spelled P-O-L-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hembra del pollo.
  2. 2
    Apuesta, principalmente la que se hace en una carrera de caballos.
  3. 3
    Carrera de caballos donde ocurre una polla₂.
  4. 4
    Juego público de azar, en que se dan a la venta billetes numerados de los cuales se premian varios.
  5. 5
    Pene.
  6. 6
    Apunte que se lleva a los exámenes para copiar.
  7. 7
    Bebida hecha con leche, huevos y canela, y a la que a veces se le añade licor.
  8. 8
    Flema causada por la irritación de los bronquios, que se libera por la tos.
  9. 9
    Mujer joven.
  10. 10
    Cantidad que el perdedor de una mano debe adelantar para la siguiente en algunos juegos de naipes.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oplla,plola,polal,ppolla

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for polla

Misspelling Variants of "polla"

oplla5plola5polal5ppolla6
Misspelling Variants of "polla"

Frequency rank: #8,568 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "polla"?
"polla" is spelled P-O-L-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpoʝa].
What does "polla" mean?
As a noun, "polla" means: Hembra del pollo.
What words are commonly confused with "polla"?
"polla" is commonly confused with "polo", "popa", "pool". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "polla"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "polla" is [ˈpoʝa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "polla" come from?
"polla" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.