pairo
[ˈpajɾo]
The verdict
“pairo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #98,771 among 48,357 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,771
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción de pairar la nave; Una de las especies de capa que pueden hacerse cuando se navega de bolina con viento bonancible y todo aparejo, si se quiere detener el curso del bajel por poco tiempo, pa...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pairo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpajɾo] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #98,771 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pairo” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pairo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #98,771 among 48,357 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpajɾo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Acción de pairar la nave; Una de las especies de capa que pueden hacerse cuando se navega de bolina con viento bonancible y todo aparejo, si se quiere detener el curso del bajel por poco tiempo, pa...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pairo, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is pairo, spelled P-A-I-R-O.
Definition
- 1Acción de pairar la nave; Una de las especies de capa que pueden hacerse cuando se navega de bolina con viento bonancible y todo aparejo, si se quiere detener el curso del bajel por poco tiempo, para esperar algún buque o por cualquier otro motivo: consiste en bracear las gavias y demás vergas superiores por barlovento, de suerte que beban viento por la cara de proa; arriar un poco las escotas mayores y colocar progresivamente la caña del timón a sotavento.
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 “pairo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-A-I-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈpajɾo] (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.