pitanga
[piˈt̪ãŋga]
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pitanga |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [piˈt̪ãŋga] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pitanga” en español
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(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.