punto
/ˈpʌntəʊ/
"punto" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“punto” is uncommon English (frequency #60,400 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,400
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A hit or point.
Corpus desk
Index EN-punto · punto · English
punto · rank #60,400 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,400
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH purser
Nearest frequency peer: purser (+1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “punto”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- proboscis
proboscis
39,605 corpus weight
- proclivity
proclivity
39,604 corpus weight
- proprietors…
proprietorship
39,603 corpus weight
- punto
punto
39,601 corpus weight
- purser
purser
39,600 corpus weight
- Rackham
Rackham
39,598 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “punto” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | punto |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpʌntəʊ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #60,400 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “punto” in English
Rare enough to double-check
punto is uncommon English at frequency #60,400 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpʌntəʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for punto, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin punctum (“point”) via Italian and Spanish punto, from pungō (“to prick, to puncture”). Doublet of point, pointe, ponto, puncto, punctum, and punt. The correct English form is punto, spelled P-U-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1A hit or point.
- 2A traditional small Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 0.16 mm.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how punto appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
To see thee fight, to see thee foin, to see thee traverse, to see thee here, to see thee there, to see thee pass thy puncto, thy stock, thy reverse, thy distance, thy montant.
Etymology
From Latin punctum (“point”) via Italian and Spanish punto, from pungō (“to prick, to puncture”). Doublet of point, pointe, ponto, puncto, punctum, and punt.
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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