pitillo

/[piˈt̪iʝo]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#55,815

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

pitillo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Cilindro de tabaco picado u otro narcótico, envuelto en hojas o papel, que se enciende para inhalar su humo Pronounced [piˈt̪iʝo].

Key facts for pitillo
PropertyValue
Headwordpitillo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[piˈt̪iʝo]
Letters7
Frequency rank#55,815
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pitillo is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [piˈt̪iʝo]. Corpus data places it at rank #55,815 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for pitillo in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 pitillo, spelled P-I-T-I-L-L-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cilindro de tabaco picado u otro narcótico, envuelto en hojas o papel, que se enciende para inhalar su humo
  2. 2
    Pequeño tubo plástico que sirve para sorber líquidos, especialmente refrescos
  3. 3
    Órgano eréctil del hombre.

Synonyms

Frequency rank: #55,815 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pitillo"?
"pitillo" is spelled P-I-T-I-L-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is [piˈt̪iʝo].
What does "pitillo" mean?
As a noun, "pitillo" means: Cilindro de tabaco picado u otro narcótico, envuelto en hojas o papel, que se enciende para inhalar su humo
How do you pronounce "pitillo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pitillo" is [piˈt̪iʝo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pitillo" come from?
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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.