pellizcar
[peʝisˈkaɾ]
The verdict
“pellizcar” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #92,272 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #92,272
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Asir con el dedo pulgar y cualquiera de los otros una pequeña porción de piel y carne, apretándola de suerte que cause dolor.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pellizcar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [peʝisˈkaɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #92,272 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pellizcar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for pellizcar is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [peʝisˈkaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #92,272 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for pellizcar in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is pellizcar, spelled P-E-L-L-I-Z-C-A-R.
Definition
- 1Asir con el dedo pulgar y cualquiera de los otros una pequeña porción de piel y carne, apretándola de suerte que cause dolor.
- 2Tocar con dos dedos las cuerdas de un instrumento para que suenen.
- 3Tomar o quitar pequeña cantidad de una cosa.
- 4Causarle a alguien un daño insignificante.
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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 “pellizcar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-E-L-L-I-Z-C-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [peʝisˈkaɾ] (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.