pizarra

/[piˈsara]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,427

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

pizarra is aSpanishnoun. It means: Roca metamórfica homogénea formada por la compactación de arcillas. Se presenta generalmente en un color opaco azulado oscuro y dividida en lajas u hojas planas. Está formada a partir de rocas sedi... Pronounced [piˈsara]. Often confused with Pizarro and pizarrón.

Key facts for pizarra
PropertyValue
Headwordpizarra
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[piˈsara]
Letters7
Frequency rank#14,427
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of pizarra in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pizarra is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [piˈsara]. Corpus data places it at rank #14,427 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for pizarra, with forms such as "ipzarra", "piazrra", and "pizara". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Pizarro", "pizarrón", "pizarras", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is pizarra, spelled P-I-Z-A-R-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Roca metamórfica homogénea formada por la compactación de arcillas. Se presenta generalmente en un color opaco azulado oscuro y dividida en lajas u hojas planas. Está formada a partir de rocas sedimentarias arcillosas.
  2. 2
    Trozo de esta roca preparado para usarlo como teja y en la construcción.
  3. 3
    Pieza de material plano y rígido, generalmente de forma rectangular, que se utiliza para escribir o dibujar con tiza, yeso u otro material similar.
  4. 4
    Superficie de escritura reutilizable en la cual el texto o figuras se realizan con tiza u otro tipo de rotuladores borrables.
  5. 5
    Conjunto de instrumentos e indicadores en vehículos (automóviles de turismo, camiones, motocicletas, etc.) que comprende instrumentos y tableros tales como el indicador de velocidad del vehículo, el tacómetro o contador de revoluciones, el indicador de temperatura de refrigerante y el indicador de combustible restante.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ipzarra,piazrra,pizara,pizarar,pizrara,pizzarra,ppizarra,pziarra

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pizarra

Misspelling Variants of "pizarra"

ipzarra7piazrra7pizara6pizarar7pizrara7pizzarra8ppizarra8pziarra7
Misspelling Variants of "pizarra"

Frequency rank: #14,427 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pizarra"?
"pizarra" is spelled P-I-Z-A-R-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [piˈsara].
What does "pizarra" mean?
As a noun, "pizarra" means: Roca metamórfica homogénea formada por la compactación de arcillas. Se presenta generalmente en un color opaco azulado oscuro y dividida en lajas u hojas planas. Está formada a partir de rocas sedi...
What words are commonly confused with "pizarra"?
"pizarra" is commonly confused with "Pizarro", "pizarrón", "pizarras". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pizarra"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pizarra" is [piˈsara]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pizarra" come from?
"pizarra" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.