pituto
[piˈt̪ut̪o]
The verdict
“pituto” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Porción alargada y sobresaliente de un objeto, como las espitas de ciertos recipientes.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pituto · pituto · Spanish
pituto · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | pituto |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [piˈt̪ut̪o] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pituto” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pituto is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [piˈt̪ut̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pituto, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is pituto, spelled P-I-T-U-T-O.
Definition
- 1Porción alargada y sobresaliente de un objeto, como las espitas de ciertos recipientes.
- 2Soporte para estantes de madera, de composición metálica, en ocasiones de color bronceado.
- 3Por extensión, cualquier objeto pequeño alargado de uso no identificado.
- 4Trabajo esporádico e informal.
- 5Relación con alguien influyente que se utiliza para obtener una ventaja, en particular un trabajo, al margen de los méritos propios.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pituto appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ocasiones en las cuales es deseable tener un pituto: para sacarse un parte en la carretera, para no hacer el servicio militar, para conseguir trabajo, para que lo atiendan inmediatamente en el hospital
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.