postigo
[posˈt̪iɣ̞o]
The verdict
“postigo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,625 among 48,357 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,625
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Puerta falsa que ordinariamente está colocada en sitio excusado de la casa.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | postigo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [posˈt̪iɣ̞o] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #65,625 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “postigo” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
postigo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,625 among 48,357 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [posˈt̪iɣ̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for postigo in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 postigo, spelled P-O-S-T-I-G-O.
Definition
- 1Puerta falsa que ordinariamente está colocada en sitio excusado de la casa.
- 2Puerta que está fabricada en una pieza sin tener división ni más de una hoja, la cual se asegura con llave, cerrojo, picaporte, etc.
- 3Puerta chica abierta en otra mayor.
- 4Cualquiera de las puertas no principales de una ciudad o villa.
- 5Puerta, generalmente de madera, que se coloca en exterior de la ventana o del balcón para proteger el interior de las condiciones atmosféricas desfavorables.
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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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Using “postigo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-O-S-T-I-G-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.