tobillera

/[t̪oβ̞iˈʝeɾa]/ noun

The verdict

“tobillera” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #88,385 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.

#88,385
frequency rank, Spanish
9
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Prenda de vestir que se coloca alrededor del tobillo para protegerlo o inmovilizarlo para permitir que se cure de una lesión.

Key facts for tobillera
PropertyValue
Headwordtobillera
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t̪oβ̞iˈʝeɾa]
Letters9
Frequency rank#88,385
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “tobillera” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). tobillera lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for tobillera is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪oβ̞iˈʝeɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #88,385 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for tobillera in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. 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 tobillera, spelled T-O-B-I-L-L-E-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prenda de vestir que se coloca alrededor del tobillo para protegerlo o inmovilizarlo para permitir que se cure de una lesión.
  2. 2
    Adorno que se lleva alrededor del tobillo.

Synonyms

Frequency rank: #88,385 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tobillera"?
"tobillera" is spelled T-O-B-I-L-L-E-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪oβ̞iˈʝeɾa].
What does "tobillera" mean?
As a noun, "tobillera" means: Prenda de vestir que se coloca alrededor del tobillo para protegerlo o inmovilizarlo para permitir que se cure de una lesión.
How do you pronounce "tobillera"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tobillera" is [t̪oβ̞iˈʝeɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tobillera" come from?
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Using “tobillera”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is T-O-B-I-L-L-E-R-A — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [t̪oβ̞iˈʝeɾa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.