porcelana

/[poɾseˈlana]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,689

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

porcelana is aSpanishnoun. It means: Especie de loza fina, transparente, clara y lustrosa, inventada en la China e imitada en varias fábricas de Europa. Pronounced [poɾseˈlana].

Key facts for porcelana
PropertyValue
Headwordporcelana
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[poɾseˈlana]
Letters9
Frequency rank#15,689
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for porcelana is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [poɾseˈlana]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,689 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for porcelana, with forms such as "oprcelana", "pocrelana", and "porccelana". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 porcelana, spelled P-O-R-C-E-L-A-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Especie de loza fina, transparente, clara y lustrosa, inventada en la China e imitada en varias fábricas de Europa.
  2. 2
    Vasija de porcelana₁.
  3. 3
    Esmalte blanco con una mezcla de azul con que los plateros adornan las joyas y piezas de oro.
  4. 4
    Color blanco mezclado de azul.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oprcelana,pocrelana,porccelana,porcealna,porcelaan,porcelanna,porcellana,porcelnaa,porcleana,poreclana,porrcelana,porselana,pporcelana,procelana

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for porcelana

Misspelling Variants of "porcelana"

oprcelana9pocrelana9porccelana10porcealna9porcelaan9porcelanna10porcellana10porcelnaa9
Misspelling Variants of "porcelana"

Frequency rank: #15,689 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "porcelana"?
"porcelana" is spelled P-O-R-C-E-L-A-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [poɾseˈlana].
What does "porcelana" mean?
As a noun, "porcelana" means: Especie de loza fina, transparente, clara y lustrosa, inventada en la China e imitada en varias fábricas de Europa.
What are common misspellings of "porcelana"?
Common misspellings include "oprcelana", "pocrelana", "porccelana", "porcealna", "porcelaan". The correct spelling is "porcelana".
How do you pronounce "porcelana"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "porcelana" is [poɾseˈlana]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "porcelana" come from?
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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.