pinball
[pĩmˈbal]
The verdict
“pinball” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #61,825 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #61,825
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Juego de mesa o de arcade, en el que el objetivo es obtener el mayor puntaje posible antes de que se caiga la pelota, por medio de rebotadores, botones, accionadores, mecanismos, etc.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pinball |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pĩmˈbal] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #61,825 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pinball” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for pinball is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pĩmˈbal]. Corpus data places it at rank #61,825 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Juego de mesa o de arcade, en el que el objetivo es obtener el mayor puntaje posible antes de que se caiga la pelota, por medio de rebotadores, botones, accionadores, mecanismos, etc.".
pinball doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is pinball, spelled P-I-N-B-A-L-L.
Definition
- 1Juego de mesa o de arcade, en el que el objetivo es obtener el mayor puntaje posible antes de que se caiga la pelota, por medio de rebotadores, botones, accionadores, mecanismos, etc.
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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 “pinball”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-I-N-B-A-L-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pĩmˈbal] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.