pinto
/ˈpɪntoʊ/noun, adjective
pinto is spelled P-I-N-T-O: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pinto means “A horse with a patchy coloration that includes a white color” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pinto is pintos or pintoes.
How many letters and syllables are in pinto?
| Letters | 5: P-I-N-T-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 24,745th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is pinto?
Pinto appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce pinto?
- UK /ˈpɪntəʊ/
- US /ˈpɪntoʊ/
- Australia /ˈpɪntəʉ/
Pinto has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-pinto.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with pinto?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as pinto from its last stressed vowel (/ɪntoʊ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: point, pinot, piton, potin.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of pinto
- pintos plural
- pintoes plural
- more pinto comparative
- most pinto superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pinto mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A horse with a patchy coloration that includes a white color.
adjective
- 1
Pied, mottled.
noun
- 1
A member of a mountain tribe of Native Americans living near Acapulco, Mexico.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pinto in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does pinto come from?
Borrowed from Spanish pinto (“painted, mottled”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).