pez de san Pedro
[ˈpes ð̞e ˈsãn ˈpeð̞ɾo]
The verdict
“pez de san Pedro” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Zeus faber) Pez comestible de aguas profundas con un cuerpo comprimido lateralmente de color oliva-amarillo que tiene una gran mancha oscura ribeteada de color amarillo en su costado y grandes esp...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pez de san Pedro |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈpes ð̞e ˈsãn ˈpeð̞ɾo] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pez de san Pedro” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for pez de san Pedro is 16 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpes ð̞e ˈsãn ˈpeð̞ɾo]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(Zeus faber) Pez comestible de aguas profundas con un cuerpo comprimido lateralmente de color oliva-amarillo que tiene una gran mancha oscura ribeteada de color amarillo en su costado y grandes esp...".
pez de san Pedro has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is pez de san Pedro, spelled P-E-Z- -D-E- -S-A-N- -P-E-D-R-O.
Definition
- 1(Zeus faber) Pez comestible de aguas profundas con un cuerpo comprimido lateralmente de color oliva-amarillo que tiene una gran mancha oscura ribeteada de color amarillo en su costado y grandes espinas en la aleta dorsal.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “pez de san Pedro”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-E-Z- -D-E- -S-A-N- -P-E-D-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.