regalía

[reɣ̞aˈlia]

/[reɣ̞aˈlia]/ noun

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The verdict

“regalía” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #91,307 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,307
frequency rank, Spanish
4,151
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prerrogativa regia, que comprendía los derechos inherentes y exclusivos del poder soberano del rey.

Corpus desk

Index ES-regalia · regalía · Spanish

regalía · rank #91,307 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,307
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH refugiar

Nearest frequency peer: refugiar (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “regalía”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “regalía” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for regalía
PropertyValue
Headwordregalía
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[reɣ̞aˈlia]
Letters7
Frequency rank#91,307
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “regalía” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).regalíacae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “refugiar” (#91,306), “regaños” (#91,308), “refrigerantes” (#91,305). Entre 4,151 lemas con “R”, “regalía” va en #91,307. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

regalía is uncommon Spanish at frequency #91,307 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [reɣ̞aˈlia]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for regalía in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is regalía, spelled R-E-G-A-L-Í-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prerrogativa regia, que comprendía los derechos inherentes y exclusivos del poder soberano del rey.
  2. 2
    Privilegio propio de una persona.
  3. 3
    Remuneración adicional al sueldo que reciben algunos empleados.
  4. 4
    Privilegios otorgados por el líder de la iglesia católica a algunos reyes o mandatarios.
  5. 5
    Porcentaje de los ingresos o bien una cuota fija que se paga al dueño de un derecho como contraprestación por el uso de este.
  6. 6
    Pago que el editor hace al autor de una obra en relación a los ingresos derivados de la explotación comercial de la misma.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "regalía"?
"regalía" is spelled R-E-G-A-L-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [reɣ̞aˈlia].
What does "regalía" mean?
As a noun, "regalía" means: Prerrogativa regia, que comprendía los derechos inherentes y exclusivos del poder soberano del rey.
How do you pronounce "regalía"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "regalía" is [reɣ̞aˈlia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "regalía" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "regalía", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

regaños#91,308recobro#91,295reprobé#91,321retarda#91,329

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list