picotear
[pikot̪eˈaɾ]
The verdict
“picotear” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dicho de las aves, golpear con el pico.
Corpus desk
Index ES-picotear · picotear · Spanish
picotear · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | picotear |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pikot̪eˈaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “picotear” en español
Rare enough to double-check
picotear is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [pikot̪eˈaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for picotear, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is picotear, spelled P-I-C-O-T-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1Dicho de las aves, golpear con el pico.
- 2Comer poquito muchas veces, de diferentes alimentos.
- 3Hablar trivialidades.
- 4Dicho del caballo, mover repetidamente la cabeza de arriba abajo.
Synonyms
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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.