puta
"puta" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“puta” is uncommon English (frequency #53,189 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,189
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A prostitute, whore, slut, bitch, etc.
Corpus desk
Index EN-puta · puta · English
puta · rank #53,189 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,189
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH PTT
Nearest frequency peer: PTT (-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 “puta”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- PTT
PTT
46,813 corpus weight
- puta
puta
46,812 corpus weight
- QD
QD
46,811 corpus weight
- quarto
quarto
46,810 corpus weight
- questioner
questioner
46,809 corpus weight
- quintessent…
quintessentially
46,808 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “puta” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | puta |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #53,189 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “puta” in English
Rare enough to double-check
puta is uncommon English at frequency #53,189 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A prostitute, whore, slut, bitch, etc.".
puta has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish puta. The correct English form is puta, spelled P-U-T-A.
Definition
- 1A prostitute, whore, slut, bitch, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how puta appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mastrosimone's (antiheroine?) Marjorie lets in a man who quickly drops the small talk, slams her to the floor, and almost smothers her with a pillow as he commands her to say "thank you," "I love you," and "I am your puta."
And we told you, man, we have not seen your puta sister.
Etymology
From Spanish puta.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).