pick

//pɪk// verb

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#22,147

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

pick is aSpanishverb. It means: Elegir, seleccionar, escoger. Pronounced /pɪk/. Often confused with pie and pío.

Key facts for pick
PropertyValue
Headwordpick
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/pɪk/
Letters4
Frequency rank#22,147
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pick is 4 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pɪk/. Corpus data places it at rank #22,147 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for pick, with forms such as "ipck", "pcik", and "picck". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pie", "pío", "pin", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 pick, spelled P-I-C-K, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Elegir, seleccionar, escoger.
  2. 2
    Provocar, ocasionar.
  3. 3
    Robar el contenido de.
  4. 4
    Abrir un cerrojo o similar sin la llave, en especial si se hace para robar.
  5. 5
    Picar.
  6. 6
    Hacer un hoyo picando.
  7. 7
    Recoger o remover o separar algo pedazo por pedazo o pieza por pieza.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ipck,pcik,picck,pickk,pikc,ppick

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pick

Misspelling Variants of "pick"

ipck4pcik4picck5pickk5pikc4ppick5
Misspelling Variants of "pick"

Frequency rank: #22,147 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pick"?
"pick" is spelled P-I-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is /pɪk/.
What does "pick" mean?
As a verb, "pick" means: Elegir, seleccionar, escoger.
What words are commonly confused with "pick"?
"pick" is commonly confused with "pie", "pío", "pin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pick"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pick" is /pɪk/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pick" come from?
"pick" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter P in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.