piojo
[ˈpjoxo]
The verdict
“piojo” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #32,804 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #32,804
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (orden Phthiraptera) Cualquiera de más de 3000 especies de insectos ápteros adaptados para parasitar virtualmente todas las especies de mamíferos y aves, cuya sangre consumen, alojándose en el cabe...
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 | piojo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpjoxo] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #32,804 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “piojo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for piojo is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpjoxo]. Corpus data places it at rank #32,804 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for piojo, with forms such as "ipojo", "pijoo", and "piojjo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "poo", "poco", "piso", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is piojo, spelled P-I-O-J-O.
Definition
- 1(orden Phthiraptera) Cualquiera de más de 3000 especies de insectos ápteros adaptados para parasitar virtualmente todas las especies de mamíferos y aves, cuya sangre consumen, alojándose en el cabello del cuerpo y la cabeza. Su cuerpo está diseñado para este hábitat, con el primer par de patas modificado para permitir la sujeción al cabello. Son extremadamente fértiles, depositando las hembras hasta unos 200 huevos en los 30 días de su vida adulta. Tienen el cuerpo aplanado y de color oscuro o pardoamarillento. La infestación con piojos se denomina pediculosis, y provoca comezón, además de funcionar como vector para otras enfermedades —en particular el tifus— y provocar anemia en casos agudos.
- 2(Pediculus humanus) En particular, piojo₁ que afecta al ser humano
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ipojo,pijoo,piojjo,piooj,poijo,ppiojo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of piojo - 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 “piojo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-I-O-J-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈpjoxo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “poo” - see the side-by-side comparison. piojo vs poo
- 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.