picadientes
[pikaˈð̞jẽn̪t̪es]
The verdict
“picadientes” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Palillo de madera u otro material utilizado para eliminar los restos de comida que pueden alojarse entre los dientes.
Corpus desk
Index ES-picadientes · picadientes · Spanish
picadientes · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | picadientes |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pikaˈð̞jẽn̪t̪es] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “picadientes” en español
Rare enough to double-check
picadientes is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pikaˈð̞jẽn̪t̪es]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Palillo de madera u otro material utilizado para eliminar los restos de comida que pueden alojarse entre los dientes.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for picadientes, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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. The correct Spanish form is picadientes, spelled P-I-C-A-D-I-E-N-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Palillo de madera u otro material utilizado para eliminar los restos de comida que pueden alojarse entre los dientes.
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.