piedad

/[pjeˈð̞að̞]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,545

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

piedad is aSpanishnoun. It means: Conmiseración que se le da a algo o a alguien. ^([cita requerida]) Pronounced [pjeˈð̞að̞]. It ranks #5,545 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with pueda and pieza.

Key facts for piedad
PropertyValue
Headwordpiedad
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pjeˈð̞að̞]
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,545
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for piedad is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pjeˈð̞að̞]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,545 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for piedad, with forms such as "ipedad", "peidad", and "pidead". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "pueda", "pieza", "puedan", 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 piedad, spelled P-I-E-D-A-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Conmiseración que se le da a algo o a alguien. ^([cita requerida])
  2. 2
    Compasión o clemencia que uno puede tener hacia algo o alguien. ^([cita requerida])
  3. 3
    Devoción hacia las cosas santas. ^([cita requerida])

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ipedad,peidad,pidead,pieadd,piedadd,piedda,pieddad,ppiedad

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for piedad

Misspelling Variants of "piedad"

ipedad6peidad6pidead6pieadd6piedadd7piedda6pieddad7ppiedad7
Misspelling Variants of "piedad"

Frequency rank: #5,545 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "piedad"?
"piedad" is spelled P-I-E-D-A-D. The IPA pronunciation is [pjeˈð̞að̞].
What does "piedad" mean?
As a noun, "piedad" means: Conmiseración que se le da a algo o a alguien. ^([cita requerida])
What words are commonly confused with "piedad"?
"piedad" is commonly confused with "pueda", "pieza", "puedan". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "piedad"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "piedad" is [pjeˈð̞að̞]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "piedad" come from?
"piedad" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.