pintar

/[pĩn̪ˈt̪aɾ]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,339

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

pintar is aSpanishverb. It means: Representar en una superficie una imagen mediante trazos y colores. Pronounced [pĩn̪ˈt̪aɾ]. It ranks #6,339 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with pita and punta.

Key facts for pintar
PropertyValue
Headwordpintar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[pĩn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,339
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pintar is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pĩn̪ˈt̪aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,339 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for pintar, with forms such as "ipntar", "pinatr", and "pinntar". 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, "pita", "punta", "pista", 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 pintar, spelled P-I-N-T-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Representar en una superficie una imagen mediante trazos y colores.
  2. 2
    Recubrir con pintura una superficie.
  3. 3
    Usar una sustancia colorante con fines cosméticos.
  4. 4
    Describir una situación, cosas o personas con palabras un tanto exageradas.
  5. 5
    Hacer, dibujar las letras.
  6. 6
    Exagerar, engrandecer o fingir una cosa, usualmente un aspecto positivo o negativo.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ipntar,pinatr,pinntar,pintarr,pintra,pinttar,pitnar,pnitar,ppintar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pintar

Misspelling Variants of "pintar"

ipntar6pinatr6pinntar7pintarr7pintra6pinttar7pitnar6pnitar6
Misspelling Variants of "pintar"

Frequency rank: #6,339 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pintar"?
"pintar" is spelled P-I-N-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [pĩn̪ˈt̪aɾ].
What does "pintar" mean?
As a verb, "pintar" means: Representar en una superficie una imagen mediante trazos y colores.
What words are commonly confused with "pintar"?
"pintar" is commonly confused with "pita", "punta", "pista". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pintar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pintar" is [pĩn̪ˈt̪aɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pintar" come from?
"pintar" 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.