pinta

/[ˈpĩn̪t̪a]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,871

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

pinta is aSpanishnoun. It means: Mancha pequeña y, por lo común, redondeada, que destaca en el colorido del plumaje de las aves, en el pelaje de los animales, en las piedras o en superficies pintadas. Pronounced [ˈpĩn̪t̪a]. It ranks #3,871 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with pit and puta.

Key facts for pinta
PropertyValue
Headwordpinta
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpĩn̪t̪a]
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,871
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of pinta in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pinta is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpĩn̪t̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,871 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for pinta, with forms such as "ipnta", "pinat", and "pinnta". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pit", "puta", "pito", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is pinta, spelled P-I-N-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mancha pequeña y, por lo común, redondeada, que destaca en el colorido del plumaje de las aves, en el pelaje de los animales, en las piedras o en superficies pintadas.
  2. 2
    Mancha pequeña redondeada que usa de adorno en las telas.
  3. 3
    Partícula de líquido de forma esferoidal.
  4. 4
    Aspecto o presentación de una persona o cosa.
  5. 5
    Enfermedad tropical caracterizada por lesiones de la piel y despigmentación, producida por la bacteria Treponema carateum.
  6. 6
    Señal que se ve en la esquina de los naipes y que permite identificar el palo antes de mostrar las cartas.
  7. 7
    En algunos juegos de naipes, carta que señala al palo de triunfos.
  8. 8
    Colores y dibujos propios de una tela.
  9. 9
    Categoría más rica del mineral chancado.
  10. 10
    Juego infantil en el que los niños corren para evitar que los toque el que persigue.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ipnta,pinat,pinnta,pintta,pitna,pnita,ppinta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pinta

Misspelling Variants of "pinta"

ipnta5pinat5pinnta6pintta6pitna5pnita5ppinta6
Misspelling Variants of "pinta"

Frequency rank: #3,871 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pinta"?
"pinta" is spelled P-I-N-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpĩn̪t̪a].
What does "pinta" mean?
As a noun, "pinta" means: Mancha pequeña y, por lo común, redondeada, que destaca en el colorido del plumaje de las aves, en el pelaje de los animales, en las piedras o en superficies pintadas.
What words are commonly confused with "pinta"?
"pinta" is commonly confused with "pit", "puta", "pito". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pinta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pinta" is [ˈpĩn̪t̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pinta" come from?
"pinta" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.