pelito
[peˈlit̪o]
The verdict
“pelito” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #56,540 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,540
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Diminutivo de pelo
Corpus desk
Index ES-pelito · pelito · Spanish
pelito · rank #56,540 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,540
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH pequeñez
Nearest frequency peer: pequeñez (+1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “pelito”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- paragua
paragua
43,465 corpus weight
- pastelito
pastelito
43,464 corpus weight
- pelito
pelito
43,461 corpus weight
- pequeñez
pequeñez
43,460 corpus weight
- perdonando
perdonando
43,459 corpus weight
- perseguirá
perseguirá
43,456 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “pelito” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pelito |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [peˈlit̪o] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #56,540 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pelito” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pelito is uncommon Spanish at frequency #56,540 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [peˈlit̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Diminutivo de pelo".
pelito has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 pelito, spelled P-E-L-I-T-O.
Definition
- 1Diminutivo de pelo
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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