ping-pong
[ˈpĩŋ ˈpõŋ]
The verdict
“ping-pong” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tenis de mesa.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ping-pong · ping-pong · Spanish
ping-pong · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | ping-pong |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpĩŋ ˈpõŋ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ping-pong” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ping-pong is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpĩŋ ˈpõŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tenis de mesa.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ping-pong, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is ping-pong, spelled P-I-N-G---P-O-N-G.
Definition
- 1Tenis de mesa.
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.