pastún
[pasˈt̪ũn]
The verdict
“pastún” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #91,217 among 48,357 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,217
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Perteneciente o relativo los pastunes (etnia de linaje segmentario que se concentra en Afganistán y Pakistán, con 40 millones de miembros) o a su cultura.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pastún |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [pasˈt̪ũn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #91,217 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pastún” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pastún is uncommon Spanish at frequency #91,217 among 48,357 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [pasˈt̪ũn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Perteneciente o relativo los pastunes (etnia de linaje segmentario que se concentra en Afganistán y Pakistán, con 40 millones de miembros) o a su cultura.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pastún, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is pastún, spelled P-A-S-T-Ú-N.
Definition
- 1Perteneciente o relativo los pastunes (etnia de linaje segmentario que se concentra en Afganistán y Pakistán, con 40 millones de miembros) o a su cultura.
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 “pastún”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-A-S-T-Ú-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pasˈt̪ũn] (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.