piquiña
[piˈkiɲa]
The verdict
“piquiña” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dícese del prurito o picazón, sensación incómoda en la piel que lleva a rascarse para aliviarla.
Corpus desk
Index ES-piquina · piquiña · Spanish
piquiña · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | piquiña |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [piˈkiɲa] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “piquiña” en español
Rare enough to double-check
piquiña is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [piˈkiɲa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dícese del prurito o picazón, sensación incómoda en la piel que lleva a rascarse para aliviarla.".
No misspelling variants are generated for piquiña in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is piquiña, spelled P-I-Q-U-I-Ñ-A.
Definition
- 1Dícese del prurito o picazón, sensación incómoda en la piel que lleva a rascarse para aliviarla.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.