pijama

/[piˈxama]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,933

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

pijama is aSpanishnoun. It means: Variante poco usada de piyama. Pronounced [piˈxama]. Often confused with pijas and pirata.

Key facts for pijama
PropertyValue
Headwordpijama
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[piˈxama]
Letters6
Frequency rank#18,933
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pijama is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [piˈxama]. Corpus data places it at rank #18,933 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Variante poco usada de piyama.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for pijama, with forms such as "ipjama", "piajma", and "pijaam". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "pijas", "pirata", "piñata", 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 pijama, spelled P-I-J-A-M-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante poco usada de piyama.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ipjama,piajma,pijaam,pijamma,pijjama,pijmaa,pjiama,ppijama

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pijama

Misspelling Variants of "pijama"

ipjama6piajma6pijaam6pijamma7pijjama7pijmaa6pjiama6ppijama7
Misspelling Variants of "pijama"

Frequency rank: #18,933 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pijama"?
"pijama" is spelled P-I-J-A-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [piˈxama].
What does "pijama" mean?
As a noun, "pijama" means: Variante poco usada de piyama.
What words are commonly confused with "pijama"?
"pijama" is commonly confused with "pijas", "pirata", "piñata". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pijama"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pijama" is [piˈxama]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pijama" come from?
"pijama" 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.