piqueta
[piˈket̪a]
The verdict
“piqueta” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #98,805 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,805
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zapapico.
Corpus desk
Index ES-piqueta · piqueta · Spanish
piqueta · rank #98,805 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,805
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH pincharon
Nearest frequency peer: pincharon (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “piqueta”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- philosophic…
philosophical
1,200 corpus weight
- pincharon
pincharon
1,197 corpus weight
- piqueta
piqueta
1,196 corpus weight
- pirateando
pirateando
1,195 corpus weight
- pirque
pirque
1,193 corpus weight
- pisotón
pisotón
1,192 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “piqueta” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | piqueta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [piˈket̪a] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #98,805 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “piqueta” en español
Rare enough to double-check
piqueta is uncommon Spanish at frequency #98,805 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [piˈket̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for piqueta in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is piqueta, spelled P-I-Q-U-E-T-A.
Definition
- 1Zapapico.
- 2Herramienta de albañilería, con mango de madera y dos bocas opuestas de hierro, una plana como de martillo, y otra aguzada como de pico.
- 3Instrumento de hierro algo encorvado, el cual por el extremo mas largo finaliza en punta, y en el otro tiene un ojo en que se mete un astil, rematando por esta parte con un cotillo ó boca de golpe. Se diferencia del Zapapico, en que el extremo del cotillo remata en boca cortante á manera de un azadón.
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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