pantera
[pãn̪ˈt̪eɾa]
The verdict
“pantera” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #21,095 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #21,095
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cualquiera de varias especies de grandes felinos, en especial aquellos en el género Panthera —el tigre, el león, el leopardo y el jaguar—, caracterizados por un cuerpo elongado y musculoso y una mo...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pantera |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pãn̪ˈt̪eɾa] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #21,095 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pantera” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for pantera is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pãn̪ˈt̪eɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #21,095 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for pantera, with forms such as "apntera", "panetra", and "panntera". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "patea", "Piñera", "pintura", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is pantera, spelled P-A-N-T-E-R-A.
Definition
- 1Cualquiera de varias especies de grandes felinos, en especial aquellos en el género Panthera —el tigre, el león, el leopardo y el jaguar—, caracterizados por un cuerpo elongado y musculoso y una modificación en el hioides que les permite rugir.
- 2Por extensión, en Sudamérica y Estados Unidos, el puma.
- 3Figura similar a la pantera de los naturalistas, de color amarillo o rojo jaspeado de negro, aroma dulce y temperamento pacífico y gentil.
- 4Variedad de ágata de color amarillo surcado de rojo, similar al pelaje del leopardo o el jaguar.
- 5Persona de gran audacia, coraje o empeño.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: apntera,panetra,panntera,pantear,panterra,pantrea,panttera,patnera,pnatera,ppantera
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pantera - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “pantera”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-A-N-T-E-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pãn̪ˈt̪eɾa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “patea” - see the side-by-side comparison. pantera vs patea
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.