piropo
[piˈɾopo]
The verdict
“piropo” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #36,750. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,750
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aleación de cuatro partes de cobre por una de oro, usada por los antiguos en joyería.
Corpus desk
Index ES-piropo · piropo · Spanish
piropo · rank #36,750 · 8 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,750
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH pitufo
Nearest frequency peer: pitufo (+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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “piropo”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- Piero
Piero
63,255 corpus weight
- pig
pig
63,254 corpus weight
- pinceladas
pinceladas
63,253 corpus weight
- piropo
piropo
63,251 corpus weight
- pitufo
pitufo
63,250 corpus weight
- pixar
pixar
63,249 corpus weight
What this shows “piropo” 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | piropo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [piˈɾopo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #36,750 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “piropo”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around piropo (IPA [piˈɾopo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,750 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for piropo, with forms such as "ipropo", "piorpo", and "piroop". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "prop", "popo", "promo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is piropo, spelled P-I-R-O-P-O.
Definition
- 1Aleación de cuatro partes de cobre por una de oro, usada por los antiguos en joyería.
- 2Gema del grupo de los granates, de color rojo o rojizo, gran dureza y fractura angular poco común.
- 3Expresión de alabanza dirigida a alguien por su aspecto o comportamiento.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how piropo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Químicamente, se distingue el grupo de los granates no-cálcicos (alamandina y piropo) y el de los granates cálcicos (grossularita y andrádita).
El candidato a gobernador, que mañana comenzará su recorrida por la provincia, destacó que considera un piropo y un halago las comparaciones que se le hacían en su postulación con la irrupción en la política del ex automovilista Reutemann.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ipropo
- piorpo
- piroop
- piroppo
- pirpoo
- pirropo
- ppiropo
- priopo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of piropo - 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).