pistacho
[pisˈt̪at͡ʃo]
The verdict
“pistacho” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #62,546 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #62,546
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Pistacia vera) Fruto del alfóncigo cuya cáscara es dura y cuya semilla es comestible, dulce y oleaginosa.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pistacho |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pisˈt̪at͡ʃo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,546 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pistacho” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for pistacho is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pisˈt̪at͡ʃo]. Corpus data places it at rank #62,546 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pistacho, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is pistacho, spelled P-I-S-T-A-C-H-O.
Definition
- 1(Pistacia vera) Fruto del alfóncigo cuya cáscara es dura y cuya semilla es comestible, dulce y oleaginosa.
- 2Semilla comestible del fruto anterior.
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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Using “pistacho”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-I-S-T-A-C-H-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pisˈt̪at͡ʃo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.