piropo

/[piˈɾopo]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#36,750

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

piropo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Aleación de cuatro partes de cobre por una de oro, usada por los antiguos en joyería. Pronounced [piˈɾopo]. Often confused with prop and popo.

Key facts for piropo
PropertyValue
Headwordpiropo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[piˈɾopo]
Letters6
Frequency rank#36,750
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for piropo is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [piˈɾopo]. Corpus data places it at rank #36,750 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for piropo, with forms such as "ipropo", "piorpo", and "piroop". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "prop", "popo", "promo", and more, 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 piropo, spelled P-I-R-O-P-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Aleación de cuatro partes de cobre por una de oro, usada por los antiguos en joyería.
  2. 2
    Gema del grupo de los granates, de color rojo o rojizo, gran dureza y fractura angular poco común.
  3. 3
    Expresión de alabanza dirigida a alguien por su aspecto o comportamiento.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ipropo,piorpo,piroop,piroppo,pirpoo,pirropo,ppiropo,priopo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for piropo

Misspelling Variants of "piropo"

ipropo6piorpo6piroop6piroppo7pirpoo6pirropo7ppiropo7priopo6
Misspelling Variants of "piropo"

Frequency rank: #36,750 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "piropo"?
"piropo" is spelled P-I-R-O-P-O. The IPA pronunciation is [piˈɾopo].
What does "piropo" mean?
As a noun, "piropo" means: Aleación de cuatro partes de cobre por una de oro, usada por los antiguos en joyería.
What words are commonly confused with "piropo"?
"piropo" is commonly confused with "prop", "popo", "promo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "piropo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "piropo" is [piˈɾopo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "piropo" come from?
"piropo" 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.