pimentón
[pimẽn̪ˈt̪õn]
The verdict
“pimentón” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #38,302. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,302
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Polvo que se obtiene moliendo el pimiento colorado seco, que se emplea como condimento.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pimenton · pimentón · Spanish
pimentón · rank #38,302 · 12 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,302
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH pijamas
Nearest frequency peer: pijamas (-1 rank slots)
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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “pimentón”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- Pernambuco
Pernambuco
61,702 corpus weight
- picaduras
picaduras
61,701 corpus weight
- pijamas
pijamas
61,700 corpus weight
- pimentón
pimentón
61,699 corpus weight
- pinchazo
pinchazo
61,698 corpus weight
- planifica
planifica
61,697 corpus weight
What this shows “pimentón” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pimentón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pimẽn̪ˈt̪õn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #38,302 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “pimentón”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around pimentón (IPA [pimẽn̪ˈt̪õn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,302 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for pimentón, with forms such as "ipmentón", "piemntón", and "pimenntón". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "pimiento", "pimientos", "Pimentel", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is pimentón, spelled P-I-M-E-N-T-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Polvo que se obtiene moliendo el pimiento colorado seco, que se emplea como condimento.
- 2Variante de pimiento (fruto en baya de varias especies del género Capsicum).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pimentón appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Puedes echar pimentón al pollo asado para darle más sabor.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ipmentón
- piemntón
- pimenntón
- pimentnó
- pimenttón
- pimentónn
- pimenótn
- pimetnón
- pimmentón
- pimnetón
- pmientón
- ppimentón
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pimentón - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pimentón", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).