pito

/[ˈpit̪o]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,398

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

pito is aSpanishnoun. It means: Instrumento de viento de pequeño tamaño y una sola nota, alta y penetrante, usado como llamada. Pronounced [ˈpit̪o]. Often confused with po and PT.

Key facts for pito
PropertyValue
Headwordpito
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpit̪o]
Letters4
Frequency rank#10,398
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pito is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpit̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,398 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 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 pito, with forms such as "ipto", "piot", and "pitto". 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, "po", "PT", "pro", 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 pito, spelled P-I-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Instrumento de viento de pequeño tamaño y una sola nota, alta y penetrante, usado como llamada.
  2. 2
    Pene.
  3. 3
    Cigarrillo de marihuana.
  4. 4
    Cigarrillo de tabaco.
  5. 5
    Pinza para tender la ropa.
  6. 6
    Una especie de pájaros carpinteros de la familia Pícidos (Picidae).

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ipto,piot,pitto,ppito,ptio

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pito

Misspelling Variants of "pito"

ipto4piot4pitto5ppito5ptio4
Misspelling Variants of "pito"

Frequency rank: #10,398 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pito"?
"pito" is spelled P-I-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpit̪o].
What does "pito" mean?
As a noun, "pito" means: Instrumento de viento de pequeño tamaño y una sola nota, alta y penetrante, usado como llamada.
What words are commonly confused with "pito"?
"pito" is commonly confused with "po", "PT", "pro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pito"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pito" is [ˈpit̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pito" come from?
"pito" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter P in our Spanish index:

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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.