Piña Colada

[ˈpinja koˈlaːda]

/[ˈpinja koˈlaːda]/ noun

The verdict

“Piña Colada” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - cremiger und süßer Cocktail aus Ananassaft, Rum und Kokosnusscreme

Key facts for Piña Colada
PropertyValue
HeadwordPiña Colada
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpinja koˈlaːda]
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Piña Colada” sits in German frequency

Piña Colada falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Piña Colada is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpinja koˈlaːda]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "cremiger und süßer Cocktail aus Ananassaft, Rum und Kokosnusscreme".

No misspelling variants are generated for Piña Colada in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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 German form is Piña Colada, spelled P-I-Ñ-A- -C-O-L-A-D-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    cremiger und süßer Cocktail aus Ananassaft, Rum und Kokosnusscreme

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Piña Colada"?
"Piña Colada" is spelled P-I-Ñ-A- -C-O-L-A-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpinja koˈlaːda].
What does "Piña Colada" mean?
As a noun, "Piña Colada" means: cremiger und süßer Cocktail aus Ananassaft, Rum und Kokosnusscreme
How do you pronounce "Piña Colada"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Piña Colada" is [ˈpinja koˈlaːda]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Piña Colada" come from?
"Piña Colada" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “Piña Colada”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is P-I-Ñ-A- -C-O-L-A-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈpinja koˈlaːda] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

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