petardo

/[peˈt̪aɾð̞o]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#47,988

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

petardo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Tubo de cualquier material no muy resistente, que se rellena de pólvora u otro explosivo, que se liga y ata convenientemente para que, al prenderlo por la parte inferior, se produzca una detonación... Pronounced [peˈt̪aɾð̞o]. Often confused with petro and petardos.

Key facts for petardo
PropertyValue
Headwordpetardo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[peˈt̪aɾð̞o]
Letters7
Frequency rank#47,988
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for petardo is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [peˈt̪aɾð̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #47,988 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 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 petardo, with forms such as "eptardo", "peatrdo", and "petadro". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "petro", "petardos", "pardo", and more, 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 petardo, spelled P-E-T-A-R-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tubo de cualquier material no muy resistente, que se rellena de pólvora u otro explosivo, que se liga y ata convenientemente para que, al prenderlo por la parte inferior, se produzca una detonación considerable, generando un ruido muy fuerte o múltiples luces.
  2. 2
    Cigarrillo de marihuana o hachís.
  3. 3
    Persona u objeto aburrido o molesto.
  4. 4
    Persona poco competente en su tarea.
  5. 5
    Timo, petición de algo que no se pretende devolver.
  6. 6
    Cosa falta de calidad.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eptardo,peatrdo,petadro,petarddo,petarod,petarrdo,petrado,pettardo,ppetardo,pteardo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for petardo

Misspelling Variants of "petardo"

eptardo7peatrdo7petadro7petarddo8petarod7petarrdo8petrado7pettardo8
Misspelling Variants of "petardo"

Frequency rank: #47,988 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "petardo"?
"petardo" is spelled P-E-T-A-R-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [peˈt̪aɾð̞o].
What does "petardo" mean?
As a noun, "petardo" means: Tubo de cualquier material no muy resistente, que se rellena de pólvora u otro explosivo, que se liga y ata convenientemente para que, al prenderlo por la parte inferior, se produzca una detonación...
What words are commonly confused with "petardo"?
"petardo" is commonly confused with "petro", "petardos", "pardo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "petardo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "petardo" is [peˈt̪aɾð̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "petardo" come from?
"petardo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.