pitanga

[piˈt̪ãŋga]

/[piˈt̪ãŋga]/ noun

The verdict

“pitanga” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Eugenia uniflora) Árbol pequeño o arbusto de la familia de las mirtáceas. Es nativa de América del Sur, Guyanas, Bolivia, común en Brasil, Argentina, Uruguay, escasa en Paraguay. Es un arbusto o á...

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Index ES-pitanga · pitanga · Spanish

pitanga · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 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.

Key facts for pitanga
PropertyValue
Headwordpitanga
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[piˈt̪ãŋga]
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “pitanga” en español

pitangaqueda fuera de las 100.000 palabras españolas más frecuentes, en la cola larga de vocabulario técnico, arcaico o raro, justo donde más se duda de la ortografía.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pitanga is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [piˈt̪ãŋga]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pitanga, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is pitanga, spelled P-I-T-A-N-G-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Eugenia uniflora) Árbol pequeño o arbusto de la familia de las mirtáceas. Es nativa de América del Sur, Guyanas, Bolivia, común en Brasil, Argentina, Uruguay, escasa en Paraguay. Es un arbusto o árbol de pequeño porte, hasta 7,5 m de altura, con ramaje delgado y sinuoso. La corteza es oscura, de relieve liso, persistente. El follaje es perenne en su hábitat natural, aunque se comporta como caducifolio en zonas más templadas. Las hojas son pecioladas entre 4 y 6,5 cm de largo, simples, opuestas, ovoides a elípticas, con el margen entero, glabras, glándulas oleosas muy aromáticas. Las hojas presentan color verde intenso brillante, mostrando reflejos cobrizos y/o rojizos al brotar.
  2. 2
    Fruto de la pitanga.
  3. 3
    Diarrea.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pitanga"?
"pitanga" is spelled P-I-T-A-N-G-A. The IPA pronunciation is [piˈt̪ãŋga].
What does "pitanga" mean?
As a noun, "pitanga" means: (Eugenia uniflora) Árbol pequeño o arbusto de la familia de las mirtáceas. Es nativa de América del Sur, Guyanas, Bolivia, común en Brasil, Argentina, Uruguay, escasa en Paraguay. Es un arbusto o á...
How do you pronounce "pitanga"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pitanga" is [piˈt̪ãŋga]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pitanga" come from?
"pitanga" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list