piso

/[ˈpiso]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,419

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

piso is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de pisar. Pronounced [ˈpiso]. It ranks #1,419 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with po and pro.

Key facts for piso
PropertyValue
Headwordpiso
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpiso]
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,419
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for piso is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpiso]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,419 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for piso, with forms such as "ipso", "pios", and "pisso". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "po", "pro", "pit", 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 piso, spelled P-I-S-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de pisar.
  2. 2
    Suelo de una habitación, calle o lugar transitable.
  3. 3
    En una casa o edificio, cada uno de los suelos a diferentes alturas, que sostienen habitaciones y dependencias.
  4. 4
    Vivienda en un edificio.
  5. 5
    Nivel horizontal en un vehículo.
  6. 6
    Nivel o capa horizontal en diversos objetos o terrenos.
  7. 7
    Pequeño mueble semejante a una silla sin respaldo sobre el que una persona puede permanecer de pie para hacer alguna actividad.
  8. 8
    Por analogía, pequeño mueble sin respaldo para sentarse una única persona.
  9. 9
    Parte inferior del calzado que toma contacto con el suelo al caminar.
  10. 10
    Objeto plano y rugoso que se pone en la entrada de una casa para limpiarse la suela de los zapatos.
  11. 11
    Pequeña alfombra que se pone a la salida del baño o la ducha, para los pies mojados.
  12. 12
    Conjunto de rocas formadas durante una edad geológica determinada. Es la división menor de la escala cronoestratigráfica internacional y se agrupan en series.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ipso,pios,pisso,ppiso,psio

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for piso

Misspelling Variants of "piso"

ipso4pios4pisso5ppiso5psio4
Misspelling Variants of "piso"

Frequency rank: #1,419 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "piso"?
"piso" is spelled P-I-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpiso].
What does "piso" mean?
As a noun, "piso" means: Acción o efecto de pisar.
What words are commonly confused with "piso"?
"piso" is commonly confused with "po", "pro", "pit". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "piso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "piso" is [ˈpiso]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "piso" come from?
"piso" 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.