pitón

[piˈt̪õn]

/[piˈt̪õn]/ noun

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The verdict

“pitón” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #47,992. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,992
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Punta del asta de un animal.

Corpus desk

Index ES-piton · pitón · Spanish

pitón · rank #47,992 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,992
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH pilón

Nearest frequency peer: pilón (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “pitón”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “pitón” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

pitón vs pon
40% similar
pitón vs puto
40% similar
pitón vs poto
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for pitón
PropertyValue
Headwordpitón
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[piˈt̪õn]
Letters5
Frequency rank#47,992
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “pitón”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.pitóncae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “pilón” (#47,991), “plancton” (#47,994), “planteos” (#47,995). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “pitón” va en #47,992. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around pitón (IPA [piˈt̪õn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,992 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for pitón, with forms such as "iptón", "pitnó", and "pittón". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pon", "puto", "poto", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is pitón, spelled P-I-T-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Punta del asta de un animal.
  2. 2
    Asta poco crecida de los animales jóvenes.
  3. 3
    Embocadura protuberante con un orificio que facilita la salida regulada de líquidos en recipientes como el botijo o el porrón.
  4. 4
    Resalte puntiagudo que sobresale de una superficie.
  5. 5
    Material normalmente fabricado en una aleación dura y resistente que se introduce en la roca con una maza o martillo para montar una reunión o para asegurar los tramos más expuestos de una vía clásica donde no hay posibilidad alguna de instalar algún seguro más o menos fiable.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how pitón appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. -Pero, guasón, si eso de ponerse delante de un toro es más fácil que cantarse unas serranas; si los toros cuasi tos tienen los pitones como pilones de azúcar.
  2. En el lado opuesto al Ventoso alzábase la cadena de las Alpillas, montañuelas cuya altura no pasaba de unos centenares de metros; pero de formas raras, con pitones rocosos semejantes a los pináculos de una catedral.

Synonyms

pitorro

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iptón
  • pitnó
  • pittón
  • pitónn
  • piótn
  • ppitón
  • ptión

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pitón - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

iptón2pitnó2pittón1pitónn1piótn2ppitón1ptión2
Edit distance from "pitón"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pitón"?
"pitón" is spelled P-I-T-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [piˈt̪õn].
What does "pitón" mean?
As a noun, "pitón" means: Punta del asta de un animal.
What words are commonly confused with "pitón"?
"pitón" is commonly confused with "pon", "puto", "poto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pitón"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pitón" is [piˈt̪õn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pitón" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pitón", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pilón#47,991potes#48,003pozas#48,004pacta#47,977

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

odiada7 variantsnecia7 variantsLanas7 variantshidden7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list