pezzo di merda

//ˈpɛt.t͡so di ˈmɛɾ.da// phrase

The verdict

“pezzo di merda” 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
14
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Cacho de mierda, capullo, gilipollas, imbécil.

Key facts for pezzo di merda
PropertyValue
Headwordpezzo di merda
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPhrase
IPA/ˈpɛt.t͡so di ˈmɛɾ.da/
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “pezzo di merda” sits in Spanish frequency

pezzo di merda falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Spanish words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pezzo di merda is 14 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈpɛt.t͡so di ˈmɛɾ.da/. 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: "Cacho de mierda, capullo, gilipollas, imbécil.".

No misspelling variants are generated for pezzo di merda in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. 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 pezzo di merda, spelled P-E-Z-Z-O- -D-I- -M-E-R-D-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cacho de mierda, capullo, gilipollas, imbécil.

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pezzo di merda"?
"pezzo di merda" is spelled P-E-Z-Z-O- -D-I- -M-E-R-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈpɛt.t͡so di ˈmɛɾ.da/.
What does "pezzo di merda" mean?
As a phrase, "pezzo di merda" means: Cacho de mierda, capullo, gilipollas, imbécil.
How do you pronounce "pezzo di merda"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pezzo di merda" is /ˈpɛt.t͡so di ˈmɛɾ.da/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “pezzo di merda”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is P-E-Z-Z-O- -D-I- -M-E-R-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /ˈpɛt.t͡so di ˈmɛɾ.da/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

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