píxide

[ˈpiksið̞e]

/[ˈpiksið̞e]/ noun

The verdict

“píxide” 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) - Recipiente de tamaño pequeño, en forma de bote o caja utilizado por instituciones como instrumento de la liturgia eucarística, asociada al ciborio.

Corpus desk

Index ES-pixide · píxide · Spanish

píxide · 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.

Key facts for píxide
PropertyValue
Headwordpíxide
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpiksið̞e]
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “píxide” en español

píxideno entra en el top 100.000 del español: zona de términos técnicos, arcaicos o escasos, el terreno típico de la doble comprobación.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

píxide is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpiksið̞e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Recipiente de tamaño pequeño, en forma de bote o caja utilizado por instituciones como instrumento de la liturgia eucarística, asociada al ciborio.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for píxide in our index, 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 no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is píxide, spelled P-Í-X-I-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Recipiente de tamaño pequeño, en forma de bote o caja utilizado por instituciones como instrumento de la liturgia eucarística, asociada al ciborio.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. «La villa estaba desierta, pues los indios habían huido llevándose las alhajas de los templos de San Pedro y San Pablo. Sabido es que los conquistadores tuvieron a gala emplear sus riquezas en los candelabros, píxides y paramentos de las iglesias».
  2. «[…] se trata del estilo llamado “Kerch” que supone el final de la figura roja y la aparición de una temática nueva como es la amorosa y galante. Figura 28. Principales modelos de vasos griegos: 1) lékitos; 2) crátera; 3) ánfora; 4) kilis; 5) cántaros; 6) oinochoe; 7) píxide; 8) ciatos; 9) esquifes; 10) aríbalo; 11) lutróforo; 12) alabastrón; 13) hidria;…

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "píxide"?
"píxide" is spelled P-Í-X-I-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpiksið̞e].
What does "píxide" mean?
As a noun, "píxide" means: Recipiente de tamaño pequeño, en forma de bote o caja utilizado por instituciones como instrumento de la liturgia eucarística, asociada al ciborio.
How do you pronounce "píxide"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "píxide" is [ˈpiksið̞e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "píxide" come from?
"píxide" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list