peonza

/[peˈõnsa]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#98,789

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

peonza is aSpanishnoun. It means: Peón o trompo; cuerpo que puede girar sobre su punta, sobre la que sitúa su centro gravitatorio, equilibrándose sobre un punto gracias a la velocidad angular, que permite el desarrollo del efecto g... Pronounced [peˈõnsa].

Key facts for peonza
PropertyValue
Headwordpeonza
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[peˈõnsa]
Letters6
Frequency rank#98,789
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of peonza in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for peonza is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [peˈõnsa]. Corpus data places it at rank #98,789 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for peonza in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 peonza, spelled P-E-O-N-Z-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Peón o trompo; cuerpo que puede girar sobre su punta, sobre la que sitúa su centro gravitatorio, equilibrándose sobre un punto gracias a la velocidad angular, que permite el desarrollo del efecto giroscópico.
  2. 2
    Juguete de madera, semejante al peón, pero sin punta de hierro, y que se hace bailar azotándolo con un látigo.
  3. 3
    Persona diminuta, ruidosa y regordeta.

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #98,789 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "peonza"?
"peonza" is spelled P-E-O-N-Z-A. The IPA pronunciation is [peˈõnsa].
What does "peonza" mean?
As a noun, "peonza" means: Peón o trompo; cuerpo que puede girar sobre su punta, sobre la que sitúa su centro gravitatorio, equilibrándose sobre un punto gracias a la velocidad angular, que permite el desarrollo del efecto g...
How do you pronounce "peonza"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "peonza" is [peˈõnsa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "peonza" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.