válvula
Letters
7 characters
Frequency Rank
#14,487
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
11
tracked variants
Confusables
2
similar word pairs
válvula is aSpanishnoun. It means: Membrana que permite la circulación de un fluido en un único sentido por los vasos y órganos del cuerpo. Pronounced [ˈbalβ̞ula]. Often confused with válvulas and valla.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | válvula |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbalβ̞ula] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #14,487 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for válvula is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbalβ̞ula]. Corpus data places it at rank #14,487 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 generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for válvula, with forms such as "bálbula", "vlávula", and "vválvula". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "válvulas", "valla", 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 válvula, spelled V-Á-L-V-U-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Membrana que permite la circulación de un fluido en un único sentido por los vasos y órganos del cuerpo.
- 2Cada una de las piezas que forman la concha de los moluscos.
- 3Por extensión, dispositivo mecánico que cumple una función similar a una válvula₁.
- 4Por extensión, dispositivo electrónico empleado para amplificar, conmutar o modificar una señal eléctrica entre dos electrodos separados por un vacío o gas inerte.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bálbula,vlávula,vválvula,vállvula,váluvla,válvlua,válvual,válvulla,válvvula,vávlula,ávlvula
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
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Misspelling Variants of "válvula"
Frequency rank: #14,487 in Spanish
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