piedra

/[ˈpjeð̞ɾa]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,524

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

piedra is aSpanishnoun. It means: Material natural sólido, caracterizado por su dureza y consistencia, empleado para la construcción en numerosas culturas alrededor del mundo. Pronounced [ˈpjeð̞ɾa]. It ranks #1,524 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with pier and pira.

Key facts for piedra
PropertyValue
Headwordpiedra
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpjeð̞ɾa]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,524
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for piedra is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpjeð̞ɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,524 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for piedra, with forms such as "ipedra", "peidra", and "pidera". 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, "pier", "pira", "pueda", 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 piedra, spelled P-I-E-D-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Material natural sólido, caracterizado por su dureza y consistencia, empleado para la construcción en numerosas culturas alrededor del mundo.
  2. 2
    Sólido que se forma en los sistemas de la orina o de la digestión, que puede producir intensos dolores.
  3. 3
    Material que se usa para producir la chispa en encendedores, estufas de gas, y algunas armas antiguas.
  4. 4
    Disco giratorio de piedra₁ empleado en molinos y afiladores.
  5. 5
    Superficie de piedra₁ plana o cóncava empleada para triturar granos.
  6. 6
    Trozo grueso de agua congelada que cae a veces con la lluvia. Granizo grande.
  7. 7
    Enojo, irritación, furia.
  8. 8
    Cantidad o porción con que se indican los puntos en algunos juegos.
  9. 9
    Lugar donde se abandonaban los recién nacidos.
  10. 10
    Trozo de pasta de cocaína.
  11. 11
    Película calcificada que se forma en la dentadura.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ipedra,peidra,pidera,piedar,pieddra,piedrra,ppiedra

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for piedra

Misspelling Variants of "piedra"

ipedra6peidra6pidera6piedar6pieddra7piedrra7ppiedra7
Misspelling Variants of "piedra"

Frequency rank: #1,524 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "piedra"?
"piedra" is spelled P-I-E-D-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpjeð̞ɾa].
What does "piedra" mean?
As a noun, "piedra" means: Material natural sólido, caracterizado por su dureza y consistencia, empleado para la construcción en numerosas culturas alrededor del mundo.
What words are commonly confused with "piedra"?
"piedra" is commonly confused with "pier", "pira", "pueda". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "piedra"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "piedra" is [ˈpjeð̞ɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "piedra" come from?
"piedra" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.