pijota
[piˈxot̪a]
The verdict
“pijota” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Merluccius merluccius) Pescado blanco y de agua salada de la familia de los merlúcidos, distribuida por las costas de casi toda Europa y el norte de África.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pijota · pijota · Spanish
pijota · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pijota |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [piˈxot̪a] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pijota” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pijota is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [piˈxot̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Merluccius merluccius) Pescado blanco y de agua salada de la familia de los merlúcidos, distribuida por las costas de casi toda Europa y el norte de África.".
pijota doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is pijota, spelled P-I-J-O-T-A.
Definition
- 1(Merluccius merluccius) Pescado blanco y de agua salada de la familia de los merlúcidos, distribuida por las costas de casi toda Europa y el norte de África.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.