pistola
[pisˈt̪ola]
The verdict
“pistola” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #6,217. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,217
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Arma de fuego con cargador automático para corta distancia.
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 | pistola |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pisˈt̪ola] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #6,217 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pistola” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around pistola (IPA [pisˈt̪ola]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,217 among 48,357 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for pistola, with forms such as "ipstola", "pisotla", and "pisstola". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "pistón", "postula", "pistolas", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 pistola, spelled P-I-S-T-O-L-A.
Definition
- 1Arma de fuego con cargador automático para corta distancia.
- 2Pulverizador para pintar.
- 3Moneda de oro que tuvo curso entre los siglos XVII y XIX.
- 4Secador eléctrico.
- 5Pan de un cuarto de kilo con forma de barra alargada.
- 6Adiposidad en los costados de los muslos, bajo las caderas, en las mujeres.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ipstola
- pisotla
- pisstola
- pistloa
- pistoal
- pistolla
- pisttola
- pitsola
- ppistola
- psitola
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pistola - 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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Using “pistola”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-I-S-T-O-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pisˈt̪ola] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “pistón” - see the side-by-side comparison. pistola vs pistón
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
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.