paceño
[paˈseɲo]
The verdict
“paceño” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #84,195 among 48,357 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,195
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Originario, relativo a, o propio de la ciudad boliviana de La Paz
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paceño |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [paˈseɲo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #84,195 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “paceño” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
paceño is uncommon Spanish at frequency #84,195 among 48,357 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [paˈseɲo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
paceño has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is paceño, spelled P-A-C-E-Ñ-O.
Definition
- 1Originario, relativo a, o propio de la ciudad boliviana de La Paz
- 2Originario, relativo a, o propio de el departamento encabezado por esta ciudad
- 3Originario, relativo a, o propio de la ciudad mexicana de La Paz, en la Baja California
- 4Originario, relativo a, o propio de la ciudad salvadoreña de La Paz, en el departamento de Zacatecoluca
- 5Originario, relativo a, o propio de la ciudad hondureña de La Paz
- 6Originario, relativo a, o propio de la ciudad nicaragüense de La Paz Centro
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “paceño”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-A-C-E-Ñ-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [paˈseɲo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.