peltre
[ˈpel̪t̪ɾe]
The verdict
“peltre” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aleación de zinc, plomo y estaño, maleable, blando y de color blanco con alguna similitud a la plata, poco reactivo y funde a 320Cº por lo que su utilización para adornos es muy común.
Corpus desk
Index ES-peltre · peltre · Spanish
peltre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | peltre |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpel̪t̪ɾe] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “peltre” en español
Rare enough to double-check
peltre is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpel̪t̪ɾe]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for peltre in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 peltre, spelled P-E-L-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Aleación de zinc, plomo y estaño, maleable, blando y de color blanco con alguna similitud a la plata, poco reactivo y funde a 320Cº por lo que su utilización para adornos es muy común.
- 2Objeto hecho de peltre₁.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how peltre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Y mientras la mujer destroza la vajilla en la cocina, mientras busca la dimensión de su ira en el estruendo de las cacerolas y los peltres, el Mayor coge el periódico y admite que no ha hecho mal del todo en ponerla en evidencia, sí, en decirle las cosas tal como se las merece, maldita sea, pues aunque yo ya esté en los linderos de la tristicia caducitati…
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.