varilla

/[baˈɾiʝa]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,587

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

varilla is aSpanishnoun. It means: Barra larga y delgada. Pronounced [baˈɾiʝa]. Often confused with villa and varita.

Key facts for varilla
PropertyValue
Headwordvarilla
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[baˈɾiʝa]
Letters7
Frequency rank#31,587
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for varilla is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [baˈɾiʝa]. Corpus data places it at rank #31,587 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for varilla, with forms such as "avrilla", "barilla", and "vairlla". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "villa", "varita", "varillas", 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 varilla, spelled V-A-R-I-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
    Barra larga y delgada.
  2. 2
    Cada una de las tiras de madera, marfil, etc. que forman la armazón del abanico.
  3. 3
    Cada una de las costillas de metal, madera o junco que forman la arnazón de los paraguas y quitasoles.
  4. 4
    Prueba que se hace con los caballos de carrera, para saber cuál es el más ágil.
  5. 5
    Cada uno de los dos huesos largos que forman la quijada y se unen por debajo de la barba.
  6. 6
    Género de plantas de la familia de las compuestas, tribu de las helianteas y subtribu de las verbesininas con bráctras involucrales internas planas, pajitas anchas, abovedadas o aquilladas, envolviendo maś o menos a las flores hermafroditas, pero sin encerrar del todo al aquenio.
  7. 7
    Nombre vulgar chileno de Oxalis virgosa.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: avrilla,barilla,vairlla,varila,varilal,varlila,varrilla,vrailla,vvarilla

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for varilla

Misspelling Variants of "varilla"

avrilla7barilla7vairlla7varila6varilal7varlila7varrilla8vrailla7
Misspelling Variants of "varilla"

Frequency rank: #31,587 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "varilla"?
"varilla" is spelled V-A-R-I-L-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [baˈɾiʝa].
What does "varilla" mean?
As a noun, "varilla" means: Barra larga y delgada.
What words are commonly confused with "varilla"?
"varilla" is commonly confused with "villa", "varita", "varillas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "varilla"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "varilla" is [baˈɾiʝa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "varilla" come from?
"varilla" 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.