piratería

/[piɾat̪eˈɾia]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,930

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

piratería is aSpanishnoun. It means: Práctica u oficio de pirata. Pronounced [piɾat̪eˈɾia]. Often confused with portería.

Key facts for piratería
PropertyValue
Headwordpiratería
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[piɾat̪eˈɾia]
Letters9
Frequency rank#15,930
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of piratería in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for piratería is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [piɾat̪eˈɾia]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,930 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for piratería, with forms such as "ipratería", "piartería", and "piraetría". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "portería", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is piratería, spelled P-I-R-A-T-E-R-Í-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Práctica u oficio de pirata.
  2. 2
    Despojo que hace el pirata.
  3. 3
    Práctica del asalto y saqueo a embarcaciones en alta mar.
  4. 4
    Se dice del ejercicio de la copia y venta ilícita de discos, películas, programas informáticos, videojuegos, etc.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ipratería,piartería,piraetría,pirateraí,piraterría,pirateíra,piratreía,pirattería,pirratería,pirtaería,ppiratería,priatería

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for piratería

Misspelling Variants of "piratería"

ipratería9piartería9piraetría9pirateraí9piraterría10pirateíra9piratreía9pirattería10
Misspelling Variants of "piratería"

Frequency rank: #15,930 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "piratería"?
"piratería" is spelled P-I-R-A-T-E-R-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [piɾat̪eˈɾia].
What does "piratería" mean?
As a noun, "piratería" means: Práctica u oficio de pirata.
What words are commonly confused with "piratería"?
"piratería" is commonly confused with "portería". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "piratería"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "piratería" is [piɾat̪eˈɾia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "piratería" come from?
"piratería" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.