pimento
/pɪˈmɛntəʊ/
"pimento" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pimento” is uncommon English (frequency #75,299 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,299
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A red sweet pepper, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum, used to make relish, stuffed into olives, or used as spice.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pimento |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɪˈmɛntəʊ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #75,299 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pimento” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pimento is uncommon English at frequency #75,299 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pɪˈmɛntəʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for pimento in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Portuguese pimento (“bell pepper; later any pepper”), similar to Spanish pimiento, from Latin pigmentum (“coloring; colorful thing”), from pingo (“paint”) and -mentum (suffix denoting instruments and results of actions). Doublet of pigment, pi… The correct English form is pimento, spelled P-I-M-E-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1A red sweet pepper, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum, used to make relish, stuffed into olives, or used as spice.
- 2A tropical berry used to make allspice.
- 3The tree on which it grows.
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese pimento (“bell pepper; later any pepper”), similar to Spanish pimiento, from Latin pigmentum (“coloring; colorful thing”), from pingo (“paint”) and -mentum (suffix denoting instruments and results of actions). Doublet of pigment, piment, and pimiento.
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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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “pimento”
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- The one correct English spelling is P-I-M-E-N-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.