vesícula
[beˈsikula]
The verdict
“vesícula” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #32,920 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #32,920
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Órgano con forma de vejiga o pequeño saco.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vesícula |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [beˈsikula] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #32,920 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vesícula” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for vesícula is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [beˈsikula]. Corpus data places it at rank #32,920 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 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for vesícula, with forms such as "besícula", "evsícula", and "vescíula". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "vehículo", "vehicular", "versículo", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is vesícula, spelled V-E-S-Í-C-U-L-A.
Definition
- 1Órgano con forma de vejiga o pequeño saco.
- 2Pequeño saco fibroso piriforme y muscular, de 3 por 8 cm en el hombre, que está conectado con el hígado por medio de los conductos biliares. No es esencial para la vida pero su función principal es almacenar la bilis que es excretada en el duodeno por medio del conducto cístico y el colédoco
- 3Bolsa de líquido seroso bajo la piel. Es común en caso de quemaduras y roce.
- 4Órgano de flotación de tallos y hojas consistente en un pequeño saco lleno de aire.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: besícula,evsícula,vescíula,vessícula,vesíccula,vesíclua,vesícual,vesículla,vesíucla,veíscula,vseícula,vvesícula
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vesícula - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “vesícula”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is V-E-S-Í-C-U-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [beˈsikula] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “vehículo” - see the side-by-side comparison. vesícula vs vehículo
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.