picaporte
[pikaˈpoɾt̪e]
The verdict
“picaporte” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #57,300 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #57,300
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Instrumento propio para cerrar de golpe las puertas o ventanas, el cual consiste en una varita de hierro impelida por un muelle, la cual se encaja en una nariz de hierro clavada en el cerco.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | picaporte |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pikaˈpoɾt̪e] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #57,300 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “picaporte” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for picaporte is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pikaˈpoɾt̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #57,300 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for picaporte in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is picaporte, spelled P-I-C-A-P-O-R-T-E.
Definition
- 1Instrumento propio para cerrar de golpe las puertas o ventanas, el cual consiste en una varita de hierro impelida por un muelle, la cual se encaja en una nariz de hierro clavada en el cerco.
- 2La llave con que se abre dicho mecanismo.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “picaporte”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-I-C-A-P-O-R-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pikaˈpoɾt̪e] (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.