pita

/[ˈpit̪a]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,543

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

pita is aSpanishnoun. It means: Cordel de cáñamo. Pronounced [ˈpit̪a]. Often confused with PT and put.

Key facts for pita
PropertyValue
Headwordpita
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpit̪a]
Letters4
Frequency rank#23,543
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pita is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpit̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #23,543 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 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 pita, with forms such as "ipta", "piat", and "pitta". 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, "PT", "put", "pot", 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 pita, spelled P-I-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cordel de cáñamo.
  2. 2
    (Agave) Planta de la familia de las amarilidáceas, con hojas carnosas triangulares, espinosas en los bordes, de color verde claro, de 15 a 20 cm de anchura en la base y de hasta 3 m de longitud. Las flores son amarillentas, en ramilletes, sobre un bohordo central que tarda varios años en brotar pero puede crecer hasta los 6 o 7 m de altura. De las diversas especies se pueden obtener diferentes materias primas que sirven para elaborar diferentes infusiones y bebidas, como el pulque, tequila, sotol, bacanora, cocuy, aguamiel, sirope, etc.
  3. 3
    Hilo elaborado con la pita.
  4. 4
    (Aechmea) Cualquiera de las plantas del género Aechmea, familia Bromeliaceae, subfamilia Bromelioideae. Son epífitas o terrestres, acaulescentes o estoloníferas; plantas hermafroditas o dioicas. Hojas arrosetadas, márgenes armados. Escapo bien desarrollado, erecto o a veces nutante a péndulo; inflorescencias simples o compuestas y capitadas, digitadas o pinnadas, flores polísticas o dísticas; sépalos por lo general cortamente connados y asimétricos; pétalos libres, cada uno con un par de apéndices escuamiformes; estambres incluidos; ovario ínfero. El fruto es una baya; semillas sin apéndices.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ipta,piat,pitta,ppita,ptia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pita

Misspelling Variants of "pita"

ipta4piat4pitta5ppita5ptia4
Misspelling Variants of "pita"

Frequency rank: #23,543 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pita"?
"pita" is spelled P-I-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpit̪a].
What does "pita" mean?
As a noun, "pita" means: Cordel de cáñamo.
What words are commonly confused with "pita"?
"pita" is commonly confused with "PT", "put", "pot". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pita"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pita" is [ˈpit̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pita" come from?
"pita" 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.