pituto
[piˈt̪ut̪o]
The verdict
“pituto” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Porción alargada y sobresaliente de un objeto, como las espitas de ciertos recipientes.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pituto |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [piˈt̪ut̪o] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pituto” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for pituto is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [piˈt̪ut̪o]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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.
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Using “pituto”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-I-T-U-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [piˈt̪ut̪o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.