puente

Name: puente, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈpwẽn̪t̪e]

/[ˈpwẽn̪t̪e]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“puente” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,697. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,697
frequency rank, Spanish: 6,028
“P” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Construcción sólida que permite salvar un obstáculo pasando sobre él.

Corpus desk

Index ES-puente · puente · Spanish

puente · rank #1,697 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #1,697
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,028
PHOTO-FINISH profesores

Nearest frequency peer: profesores (-1 rank slots)

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.

presentación

98,307
privada

98,306
profesores

98,305
puente

98,304
reales

98,303
reconocimie…

98,302

What this shows “puente” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

puente vs punto

67% similar

puente vs punta

67% similar

puente vs puesto

67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for puente
Property	Value
Headword	puente
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈpwẽn̪t̪e]
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#1,697
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “puente”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.puentecae aquí:

#1,697

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “profesores” (#1,696), “reales” (#1,698), “privada” (#1,695). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “puente” va en #1,697. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around puente (IPA [ˈpwẽn̪t̪e]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,697 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for puente, with forms such as "peunte", "ppuente", and "puenet". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "punto", "punta", "puesto", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is puente, spelled P-U-E-N-T-E.

Definition

1
Construcción sólida que permite salvar un obstáculo pasando sobre él.
2
Día laboral entre dos festivos o entre un festivo y el fin de semana que se toma como descanso.
3
En un circuito eléctrico, conexión entre dos componentes físicamente separados.
4
En odontología es el reemplazo de uno o más piezas dentarias que se sostiene sobre los dientes contiguos.

Synonyms

día sándwichferiado puente

This word in other languages

bridge(English)pont(Français)Brücke(Deutsch)ponte(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

peunte
ppuente
puenet
puennte
puentte
puetne
punete
upente

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of puente - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "puente"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "puente"?

"puente" is spelled P-U-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpwẽn̪t̪e].

What does "puente" mean?

As a noun, "puente" means: Construcción sólida que permite salvar un obstáculo pasando sobre él.

What words are commonly confused with "puente"?

"puente" is commonly confused with "punto", "punta", "puesto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "puente"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "puente" is [ˈpwẽn̪t̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "puente" come from?

"puente" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "puente", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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