pedestal
[peð̞esˈt̪al]
The verdict
“pedestal” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #20,452 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #20,452
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Basamento o pie de una columna o elemento arquitectónico o escultórico. Se usa para aislar y realzar la obra que soporta.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pedestal |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [peð̞esˈt̪al] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #20,452 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pedestal” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for pedestal is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [peð̞esˈt̪al]. Corpus data places it at rank #20,452 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Basamento o pie de una columna o elemento arquitectónico o escultórico. Se usa para aislar y realzar la obra que soporta.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for pedestal, with forms such as "epdestal", "pdeestal", and "peddestal". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is pedestal, spelled P-E-D-E-S-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1Basamento o pie de una columna o elemento arquitectónico o escultórico. Se usa para aislar y realzar la obra que soporta.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: epdestal,pdeestal,peddestal,pedesatl,pedesstal,pedestall,pedestla,pedesttal,pedetsal,pedsetal,peedstal,ppedestal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pedestal - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “pedestal”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-E-D-E-S-T-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [peð̞esˈt̪al] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.