yal

/[ˈʝal]/ noun

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#87,402

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

yal is aSpanishnoun. It means: (Melanodera spp., Phrygilus spp.) Cualquiera de varias aves de la familia de los tráupidos, nativas de la región andina en el nuevo mundo. Pronounced [ˈʝal].

Key facts for yal
PropertyValue
Headwordyal
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʝal]
Letters3
Frequency rank#87,402
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for yal is 3 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʝal]. Corpus data places it at rank #87,402 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 frequent misspelling variants are recorded for yal in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.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 yal, spelled Y-A-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Melanodera spp., Phrygilus spp.) Cualquiera de varias aves de la familia de los tráupidos, nativas de la región andina en el nuevo mundo.
  2. 2
    (Phrygilus fruticeti fruticeti ( Kittlitz )) Ave de 18-19cm de color apizarrado o gris en la cabeza, lomo y partes superiores, pecho y garganta aún más oscuros, casi negros, y vientre más claro, hasta el color blanco; pico y patas amarillas. Esto es en el macho. La hembra tiene las patas y pico marrón oscuro, con rayas oscuras sobre la cabeza y lomo, y rayas marrones en sus partes inferiores. Habita de Arica a Tierra del Fuego. Suele andar en bandadas.

Synonyms

Frequency rank: #87,402 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "yal"?
"yal" is spelled Y-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʝal].
What does "yal" mean?
As a noun, "yal" means: (Melanodera spp., Phrygilus spp.) Cualquiera de varias aves de la familia de los tráupidos, nativas de la región andina en el nuevo mundo.
How do you pronounce "yal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "yal" is [ˈʝal]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "yal" 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.