pesto
[ˈpest̪o]
The verdict
“pesto” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #64,085 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,085
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Condimento o salsa típica y originaria de la Liguria (Italia). Su ingrediente principal es la albahaca (Ocimum basilicum).
Corpus desk
Index ES-pesto · pesto · Spanish
pesto · rank #64,085 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,085
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH perturbados
Nearest frequency peer: perturbados (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “pesto”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- perfumada
perfumada
35,919 corpus weight
- persevera
persevera
35,918 corpus weight
- perturbados
perturbados
35,917 corpus weight
- pesto
pesto
35,916 corpus weight
- petaca
petaca
35,915 corpus weight
- peticionari…
peticionarios
35,914 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “pesto” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pesto |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpest̪o] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #64,085 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pesto” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pesto is uncommon Spanish at frequency #64,085 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpest̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Condimento o salsa típica y originaria de la Liguria (Italia). Su ingrediente principal es la albahaca (Ocimum basilicum).".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pesto, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is pesto, spelled P-E-S-T-O.
Definition
- 1Condimento o salsa típica y originaria de la Liguria (Italia). Su ingrediente principal es la albahaca (Ocimum basilicum).
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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