piñón

[piˈɲõn]

/[piˈɲõn]/ noun

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The verdict

“piñón” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #40,465. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,465
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fruto comestible del pino.

Corpus desk

Index ES-pinon · piñón · Spanish

piñón · rank #40,465 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,465
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH pizarrón

Nearest frequency peer: pizarrón (-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 “piñón”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “piñón” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

piñón vs pon
40% similar
piñón vs pío
20% similar
piñón vs piso
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for piñón
PropertyValue
Headwordpiñón
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[piˈɲõn]
Letters5
Frequency rank#40,465
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “piñón”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).piñóncae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “pizarrón” (#40,464), “plutonio” (#40,466), “piadosa” (#40,462). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “piñón” va en #40,465. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around piñón (IPA [piˈɲõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,465 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for piñón, with forms such as "ipñón", "piñnó", and "piñónn". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pon", "pío", "piso", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is piñón, spelled P-I-Ñ-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fruto comestible del pino.
  2. 2
    Uno de los dos engranajes que se usan para cambiar de marcha₇ en la bicicleta. Los piñones son los que van pegados a la rueda trasera, siendo los platos₅ los que van en la delantera.
  3. 3
    (Erythrina poeppigiana) Árbol caducifolio de la familia Fabaceae nativo la zona intertropical de Centroamérica, Sudamérica y Antillas Mayores. Es usado por su valor ornamental debido a su amplia floración y para dar sombra a otros cultivos.

Synonyms

anacobucarécachingocámbulogallitoporópísamopitoceibocosorioamapolabrucalbombónamasisaoropelbrucayopalo de boya

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ipñón
  • piñnó
  • piñónn
  • pióñn
  • ppiñón
  • pñión

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of piñón - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ipñón2piñnó2piñónn1pióñn2ppiñón1pñión2
Edit distance from "piñón"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "piñón"?
"piñón" is spelled P-I-Ñ-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [piˈɲõn].
What does "piñón" mean?
As a noun, "piñón" means: Fruto comestible del pino.
What words are commonly confused with "piñón"?
"piñón" is commonly confused with "pon", "pío", "piso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "piñón"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "piñón" is [piˈɲõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "piñón" come from?
"piñón" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "piñón", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Olaya#40,430reine#40,508nopal#40,420rotor#40,530

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Saigón6 variantsjump6 variantsvado6 variantsguisa6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list