picor
[piˈkoɾ]
The verdict
“picor” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #53,769 among 48,357 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,769
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Desazón y molestia que causa una cosa que pica en alguna parte del cuerpo.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | picor |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [piˈkoɾ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #53,769 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “picor” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
picor is uncommon Spanish at frequency #53,769 among 48,357 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [piˈkoɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for picor, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is picor, spelled P-I-C-O-R.
Definition
- 1Desazón y molestia que causa una cosa que pica en alguna parte del cuerpo.
- 2Escozor que resulta en la boca por haber comido algo que pique.
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 “picor”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-I-C-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [piˈkoɾ] (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.