pitonisa
[pit̪oˈnisa]
The verdict
“pitonisa” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #87,107 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,107
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sacerdotisa que mediante el trance, sentada en el trípode, comunicaba los augurios que daba Apolo en el templo de Delfos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pitonisa · pitonisa · Spanish
pitonisa · rank #87,107 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,107
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH pilotado
Nearest frequency peer: pilotado (-2 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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “pitonisa”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Pilo
Pilo
12,898 corpus weight
- pilosos
pilosos
12,897 corpus weight
- pilotado
pilotado
12,896 corpus weight
- pitonisa
pitonisa
12,894 corpus weight
- Placencia
Placencia
12,892 corpus weight
- plateros
plateros
12,891 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “pitonisa” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pitonisa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pit̪oˈnisa] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #87,107 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pitonisa” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pitonisa is uncommon Spanish at frequency #87,107 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pit̪oˈnisa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for pitonisa in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is pitonisa, spelled P-I-T-O-N-I-S-A.
Definition
- 1Sacerdotisa que mediante el trance, sentada en el trípode, comunicaba los augurios que daba Apolo en el templo de Delfos.
- 2Mujer con el don de la adivinación.
- 3Encantadora, hechicera. Úsase en la traducción de algunos pasajes de la Biblia.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pitonisa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Padecían peste los atenienses, y habiendo respondido la pitonisa que se lustrase la ciudad, enviaron a Creta con una nave a Nicias, hijo de Nicérato, para que trajese a Epiménides.
Sucedió así que fue una vez a Delfos y se atrevió a preguntarle al oráculo lo siguiente . Le preguntó, en efecto, si había alguien más sabio que yo. La pitonisa le respondió entonces que nadie era más sabio.
This word in other languages
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.
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