pintas

Name: pintas, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈpĩn̪t̪as]

/[ˈpĩn̪t̪as]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“pintas” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #21,107. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,107
frequency rank, Spanish: 6,028
“P” headwords: 9
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cierto juego de naipes similar al juego llamado parar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-pintas · pintas · Spanish

pintas · rank #21,107 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #21,107
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 9 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,028
PHOTO-FINISH pesaba

Nearest frequency peer: pesaba (-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.

perico

78,897
perjudicado

78,896
pesaba

78,895
pintas

78,894
planeo

78,892
planificado

78,891

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

pintas vs pita

67% similar

pintas vs punta

67% similar

pintas vs pista

67% similar

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

Key facts for pintas
Property	Value
Headword	pintas
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈpĩn̪t̪as]
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#21,107
Misspellings tracked	9
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “pintas”

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

#21,107

#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 “pesaba” (#21,106), “perjudicado” (#21,105), “planeo” (#21,109). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “pintas” va en #21,107. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around pintas (IPA [ˈpĩn̪t̪as]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,107 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for pintas, with forms such as "ipntas", "pinats", and "pinntas". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is pintas, spelled P-I-N-T-A-S.

Definition

1
Cierto juego de naipes similar al juego llamado parar.
2
Enfermedad infecciosa grave causada por bacterias del género Rickettsia, transmitidas por la picadura de insectos. Se caracteriza por fiebre alta recurrente, escalofríos, cefalea y exantema.
3
Observación del tiempo en los primeros días de enero o de agosto, con la que el vulgo cree poder pronosticar el tiempo del año presente o siguiente.

Synonyms

tifuscabañuelas

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ipntas
pinats
pinntas
pintass
pintsa
pinttas
pitnas
pnitas
ppintas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pintas - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "pintas"

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 "pintas"?

"pintas" is spelled P-I-N-T-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpĩn̪t̪as].

What does "pintas" mean?

As a noun, "pintas" means: Cierto juego de naipes similar al juego llamado parar.

What words are commonly confused with "pintas"?

"pintas" 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 "pintas"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pintas" is [ˈpĩn̪t̪as]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "pintas" come from?

"pintas" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pesaba#21,106 planeo#21,109 perico#21,104 quieta#21,124

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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