pintar
[pĩn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“pintar” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #6,339 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #6,339
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Representar en una superficie una imagen mediante trazos y colores.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pintar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pĩn̪ˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #6,339 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pintar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for pintar is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, 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 generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for pintar, with forms such as "ipntar", "pinatr", and "pinntar". 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, "pita", "punta", "pista", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented 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 pintar, spelled P-I-N-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Representar en una superficie una imagen mediante trazos y colores.
- 2Recubrir con pintura una superficie.
- 3Usar una sustancia colorante con fines cosméticos.
- 4Describir una situación, cosas o personas con palabras un tanto exageradas.
- 5Hacer, dibujar las letras.
- 6Exagerar, engrandecer o fingir una cosa, usualmente un aspecto positivo o negativo.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ipntar,pinatr,pinntar,pintarr,pintra,pinttar,pitnar,pnitar,ppintar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pintar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “pintar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-I-N-T-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pĩn̪ˈt̪aɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “pita” - see the side-by-side comparison. pintar vs pita
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.