pidgin
[ˈpið̞xĩn]
The verdict
“pidgin” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #86,091 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #86,091
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lenguaje que surge entre grupos de personas que no comparten lenguaje nativo, usualmente con un léxico y una gramática limitada, simplificada y basada en préstamos de lenguajes previamente existentes.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pidgin |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpið̞xĩn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #86,091 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pidgin” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for pidgin is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpið̞xĩn]. Corpus data places it at rank #86,091 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Lenguaje que surge entre grupos de personas que no comparten lenguaje nativo, usualmente con un léxico y una gramática limitada, simplificada y basada en préstamos de lenguajes previamente existentes.".
No misspelling variants are generated for pidgin in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is pidgin, spelled P-I-D-G-I-N.
Definition
- 1Lenguaje que surge entre grupos de personas que no comparten lenguaje nativo, usualmente con un léxico y una gramática limitada, simplificada y basada en préstamos de lenguajes previamente existentes.
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 “pidgin”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-I-D-G-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈpið̞xĩn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.