pastinaca
[past̪iˈnaka]
The verdict
“pastinaca” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Raíz que se emplea como hortaliza, muy relacionada con la zanahoria, aunque más pálida y con más sabor que ésta.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pastinaca · pastinaca · Spanish
pastinaca · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pastinaca |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [past̪iˈnaka] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pastinaca” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pastinaca is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [past̪iˈnaka]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for pastinaca in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is pastinaca, spelled P-A-S-T-I-N-A-C-A.
Definition
- 1Raíz que se emplea como hortaliza, muy relacionada con la zanahoria, aunque más pálida y con más sabor que ésta.
- 2Pez plano parecido a la mantaraya. Usualmente mide 1,2 a 2,1 metros de ancho y posee una púa venenosa en su cola de unos 20 centímetros.
- 3Barco de paseo, que se fabrica en el Mar Menor (San Javier).
- 4(Pastinaca sativa) Chirivía.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.