piccolo
/pikˈkɔ.lo/
The verdict
“piccolo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #54,433 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,433
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pequeño.
Corpus desk
Index ES-piccolo · piccolo · Spanish
piccolo · rank #54,433 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,433
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH pesares
Nearest frequency peer: pesares (-4 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “piccolo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Peraza
Peraza
45,574 corpus weight
- pesares
pesares
45,572 corpus weight
- piccolo
piccolo
45,568 corpus weight
- piraña
piraña
45,564 corpus weight
- pisen
pisen
45,563 corpus weight
- pitido
pitido
45,562 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “piccolo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | piccolo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /pikˈkɔ.lo/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #54,433 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “piccolo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
piccolo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #54,433 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /pikˈkɔ.lo/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pequeño.".
No misspelling variants are generated for piccolo in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is piccolo, spelled P-I-C-C-O-L-O.
Definition
- 1Pequeño.
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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