pianista

/[pjaˈnist̪a]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,415

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

pianista is aSpanishnoun. It means: Persona que toca el piano, especialmente la que se gana la vida con ello. Pronounced [pjaˈnist̪a].

Key facts for pianista
PropertyValue
Headwordpianista
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pjaˈnist̪a]
Letters8
Frequency rank#16,415
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pianista is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pjaˈnist̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,415 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Persona que toca el piano, especialmente la que se gana la vida con ello.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for pianista, with forms such as "ipanista", "painista", and "piainsta". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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 pianista, spelled P-I-A-N-I-S-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Persona que toca el piano, especialmente la que se gana la vida con ello.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ipanista,painista,piainsta,pianisat,pianissta,pianistta,pianitsa,piannista,piansita,pinaista,ppianista

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pianista

Misspelling Variants of "pianista"

ipanista8painista8piainsta8pianisat8pianissta9pianistta9pianitsa8piannista9
Misspelling Variants of "pianista"

Frequency rank: #16,415 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pianista"?
"pianista" is spelled P-I-A-N-I-S-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [pjaˈnist̪a].
What does "pianista" mean?
As a noun, "pianista" means: Persona que toca el piano, especialmente la que se gana la vida con ello.
What are common misspellings of "pianista"?
Common misspellings include "ipanista", "painista", "piainsta", "pianisat", "pianissta". The correct spelling is "pianista".
How do you pronounce "pianista"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pianista" is [pjaˈnist̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pianista" come from?
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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.