pestañeo
[pest̪aˈɲeo]
The verdict
“pestañeo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #84,224 among 48,357 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,224
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Movimiento rápido y repetido de las pestañas.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pestañeo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pest̪aˈɲeo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #84,224 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pestañeo” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pestañeo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #84,224 among 48,357 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pest̪aˈɲeo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
pestañeo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 pestañeo, spelled P-E-S-T-A-Ñ-E-O.
Definition
- 1Movimiento rápido y repetido de las pestañas.
- 2Acción de cerrar rápidamente ambos ojos y volverlos a abrir.
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); 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 “pestañeo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-E-S-T-A-Ñ-E-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pest̪aˈɲeo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.