péndulo
Letters
7 characters
Frequency Rank
#30,212
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
10
tracked variants
Confusables
1
similar word pairs
péndulo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Cuerpo capaz de oscilar, por la fuerza de gravedad u otra característica física (elasticidad, por ejemplo), por hallarse suspendido de un punto fijo. Ha sido empleado como implemento para regular d... Pronounced [ˈpẽn̪d̪ulo]. Often confused with pendejo.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | péndulo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpẽn̪d̪ulo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #30,212 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for péndulo is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpẽn̪d̪ulo]. Corpus data places it at rank #30,212 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for péndulo, with forms such as "pnédulo", "ppéndulo", and "pédnulo". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "pendejo", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is péndulo, spelled P-É-N-D-U-L-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Cuerpo capaz de oscilar, por la fuerza de gravedad u otra característica física (elasticidad, por ejemplo), por hallarse suspendido de un punto fijo. Ha sido empleado como implemento para regular diversos aparatos como relojes y metrónomos.
- 2Persona que cambia de opinión de modo repetido y aparentemente arbitrario o para obtener algún beneficio personal.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: pnédulo,ppéndulo,pédnulo,pénddulo,péndluo,péndullo,pénduol,pénndulo,pénudlo,épndulo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
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Misspelling Variants of "péndulo"
Frequency rank: #30,212 in Spanish
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