pigmento

/[piɣ̞ˈmẽn̪t̪o]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#37,782

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

pigmento is aSpanishnoun. It means: Sustancia de color, generalmente en forma de polvo fino, que según el medio en que se encuentra disuelto posibilita las distintas técnicas pictóricas. Se distinguen según su naturaleza: los pigment... Pronounced [piɣ̞ˈmẽn̪t̪o]. Often confused with pimiento and pimentón.

Key facts for pigmento
PropertyValue
Headwordpigmento
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[piɣ̞ˈmẽn̪t̪o]
Letters8
Frequency rank#37,782
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pigmento is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [piɣ̞ˈmẽn̪t̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #37,782 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for pigmento, with forms such as "ipgmento", "pgimento", and "pigemnto". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "pimiento", "pimentón", "pigmentos", 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 pigmento, spelled P-I-G-M-E-N-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sustancia de color, generalmente en forma de polvo fino, que según el medio en que se encuentra disuelto posibilita las distintas técnicas pictóricas. Se distinguen según su naturaleza: los pigmentos metálicos, los pigmentos minerales, los orgánicos y los organometálicos.
  2. 2
    Materia colorante que, disuelta o en forma de gránulos, se encuentra en el protoplasma de muchas células vegetales y animales.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ipgmento,pgimento,pigemnto,piggmento,pigmennto,pigmenot,pigmentto,pigmetno,pigmmento,pigmneto,pimgento,ppigmento

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pigmento

Misspelling Variants of "pigmento"

ipgmento8pgimento8pigemnto8piggmento9pigmennto9pigmenot8pigmentto9pigmetno8
Misspelling Variants of "pigmento"

Frequency rank: #37,782 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pigmento"?
"pigmento" is spelled P-I-G-M-E-N-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [piɣ̞ˈmẽn̪t̪o].
What does "pigmento" mean?
As a noun, "pigmento" means: Sustancia de color, generalmente en forma de polvo fino, que según el medio en que se encuentra disuelto posibilita las distintas técnicas pictóricas. Se distinguen según su naturaleza: los pigment...
What words are commonly confused with "pigmento"?
"pigmento" is commonly confused with "pimiento", "pimentón", "pigmentos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pigmento"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pigmento" is [piɣ̞ˈmẽn̪t̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pigmento" come from?
"pigmento" 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.