pimiento
[piˈmjẽn̪t̪o]
The verdict
“pimiento” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #24,601. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,601
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fruto en baya de cualquier especie del género Capsicum, que comprende varias especies de plantas solanáceas oriundas del continente americano; se consume en diferentes preparaciones y se emplea com...
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 | pimiento |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [piˈmjẽn̪t̪o] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #24,601 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pimiento” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around pimiento (IPA [piˈmjẽn̪t̪o]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,601 among 48,357 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for pimiento, with forms such as "ipmiento", "piimento", and "pimeinto". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "pimientos", "pidiendo", "pimienta", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is pimiento, spelled P-I-M-I-E-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1Fruto en baya de cualquier especie del género Capsicum, que comprende varias especies de plantas solanáceas oriundas del continente americano; se consume en diferentes preparaciones y se emplea como medicina. Varía en coloración y tamaño de acuerdo a la variedad; puede ser cúbico, cónico o esférico. De interior hueco, está dividido en dos o cuatro costillas verticales interiores que portan las semillas; cuando madura sus colores abarcan, según la especie, desde el blanco y el amarillo hasta el morado intenso, pasando por el naranja, el rojo brillante y el lavanda; el color verde es señal de inmadurez, aunque muchas especies se consumen también de ese modo. Se ingieren crudos o cocidos en innumerables preparaciones. Muchas variedades son de sabor intensamente picante por su alto contenido en capsaicina, único rasgo en común que portan con la pimienta.
- 2(Capsicum spp.) Por extensión, planta que da estos frutos.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ipmiento
- piimento
- pimeinto
- pimiennto
- pimienot
- pimientto
- pimietno
- pimineto
- pimmiento
- pmiiento
- ppimiento
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pimiento - 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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Using “pimiento”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-I-M-I-E-N-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [piˈmjẽn̪t̪o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “pimientos” - see the side-by-side comparison. pimiento vs pimientos
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.