peineta
[pejˈnet̪a]
The verdict
“peineta” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #64,074 among 48,357 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,074
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Antiguo peine grande convexo que usaban las mujeres como adorno en el siglo 19.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | peineta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pejˈnet̪a] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #64,074 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “peineta” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
peineta is uncommon Spanish at frequency #64,074 among 48,357 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pejˈnet̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
peineta doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 peineta, spelled P-E-I-N-E-T-A.
Definition
- 1Antiguo peine grande convexo que usaban las mujeres como adorno en el siglo 19.
- 2Peine que es más corto y convexo, usado para los tocados femeninos.
- 3Pliegue acolchado posterior de la silla de montar.
- 4Gesto usado como insulto en donde se levanta el dedo medio manteniendo cerrado el resto del puño.
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 “peineta”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-E-I-N-E-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pejˈnet̪a] (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.