vaselina

/[baseˈlina]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#33,366

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

vaselina is aSpanishnoun. It means: Crema o pomada, hecha a partir de hidrocarburos, que tiene propiedades lubricantes y curativas para la piel. Pronounced [baseˈlina].

Key facts for vaselina
PropertyValue
Headwordvaselina
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[baseˈlina]
Letters8
Frequency rank#33,366
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for vaselina is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [baseˈlina]. Corpus data places it at rank #33,366 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.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for vaselina, with forms such as "avselina", "baselina", and "vacelina". 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 vaselina, spelled V-A-S-E-L-I-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Crema o pomada, hecha a partir de hidrocarburos, que tiene propiedades lubricantes y curativas para la piel.
  2. 2
    Tiro al arco suave y con forma de globo que suele hacerse para colgar al arquero rival cuando está adelantado.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: avselina,baselina,vacelina,vaeslina,vaseilna,vaselian,vaselinna,vasellina,vaselnia,vasleina,vasselina,vsaelina,vvaselina

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for vaselina

Misspelling Variants of "vaselina"

avselina8baselina8vacelina8vaeslina8vaseilna8vaselian8vaselinna9vasellina9
Misspelling Variants of "vaselina"

Frequency rank: #33,366 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vaselina"?
"vaselina" is spelled V-A-S-E-L-I-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [baseˈlina].
What does "vaselina" mean?
As a noun, "vaselina" means: Crema o pomada, hecha a partir de hidrocarburos, que tiene propiedades lubricantes y curativas para la piel.
What are common misspellings of "vaselina"?
Common misspellings include "avselina", "baselina", "vacelina", "vaeslina", "vaseilna". The correct spelling is "vaselina".
How do you pronounce "vaselina"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vaselina" is [baseˈlina]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vaselina" 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.