Palícula vs. Película

Question

¿Eso fue lo que te arruinó la palícula?

I understand película to mean film/movie, however, the different spelling: palícula appears to be more commonly used to mean the same thing but is not recognized by online translators or dictionaries. Can someone tell me why this is?

Source

Answer 1

For the same reason that "muvie" is not acepted as movie in English, palícula is not a word.

Answer 2

Hi! Welcome to the forum.

In the source that you provided the word "película" was spelled correctly once and then there was a typo in the second use of the word.

As Eddy says, "palícula" is not a Spanish word.