pimiento
/pɪˈmjɛntəʊ/
"pimiento" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pimiento” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of pimento, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pimiento · pimiento · English
pimiento · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pimiento |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɪˈmjɛntəʊ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pimiento” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pimiento is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /pɪˈmjɛntəʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of pimento, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pimiento, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish pimiento (“bell pepper; later any pepper”), from Latin pigmentum (“coloring; colorful thing”), from pingō (“to paint”) and -mentum (suffix denoting instruments and results of actions). Doublet of pigment, piment, and pimento. The correct English form is pimiento, spelled P-I-M-I-E-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1Synonym of pimento, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum.
Etymology
From Spanish pimiento (“bell pepper; later any pepper”), from Latin pigmentum (“coloring; colorful thing”), from pingō (“to paint”) and -mentum (suffix denoting instruments and results of actions). Doublet of pigment, piment, and pimento.
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.