Español homophones
pisa/pizza
"pisa" is a verb; "pizza" is a noun - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #33 of 387 Spanish groups.
Data vintage
Grammar picks the spelling
Same sound, different grammar: "pisa" arrives as a verb, while "pizza" is a noun. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "pi" then splits - "pisa" (4 letters) vs "pizza" (5).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across pisa, pizza: aip. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
pisa
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCV
Inventory aips · private s
pizza
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCV
Inventory aipz · private z
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "pisa" when you mean: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de pisar.
- Write "pizza" when you mean: Torta plana de harina leudada, cubierta con salsa, queso y otros aderezos, que de la gastronomía italiana se ha extendido a todo el mundo.
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
Each spelling
verb · /ˈpisa/ · #11,109 frequency
Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de pisar.
noun · /ˈpisa/ · #4,537 frequency
Torta plana de harina leudada, cubierta con salsa, queso y otros aderezos, que de la gastronomía italiana se ha extendido a todo el mundo.