pirsin
[ˈpiɾsĩn]
The verdict
“pirsin” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Perforación practicada en alguna parte del cuerpo, generalmente exceptuando el lóbulo de la oreja, a la que se fija alguna clase de adorno, como pendientes o argollas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pirsin · pirsin · Spanish
pirsin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | pirsin |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpiɾsĩn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pirsin” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pirsin is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpiɾsĩn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Perforación practicada en alguna parte del cuerpo, generalmente exceptuando el lóbulo de la oreja, a la que se fija alguna clase de adorno, como pendientes o argollas.".
pirsin has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is pirsin, spelled P-I-R-S-I-N.
Definition
- 1Perforación practicada en alguna parte del cuerpo, generalmente exceptuando el lóbulo de la oreja, a la que se fija alguna clase de adorno, como pendientes o argollas.
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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.