pitanga
[piˈt̪ãŋga]
The verdict
“pitanga” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pitanga |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [piˈt̪ãŋga] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pitanga” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for pitanga is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [piˈt̪ãŋga]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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(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.
- 2Fruto de la pitanga.
- 3Diarrea.
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.
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Using “pitanga”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-I-T-A-N-G-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [piˈt̪ãŋga] (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.