pinchan
[ˈpĩnʲt͡ʃãn]
The verdict
“pinchan” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #75,756 among 48,357 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,756
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de pinchar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pinchan |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈpĩnʲt͡ʃãn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #75,756 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pinchan” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pinchan is uncommon Spanish at frequency #75,756 among 48,357 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈpĩnʲt͡ʃãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de pinchar.".
pinchan doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is pinchan, spelled P-I-N-C-H-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de pinchar.
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 “pinchan”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-I-N-C-H-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈpĩnʲt͡ʃãn] (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.