puente
[ˈpwẽn̪t̪e]
The verdict
“puente” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #1,697 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,697
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Construcción sólida que permite salvar un obstáculo pasando sobre él.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| 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) |
Where “puente” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for puente is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpwẽn̪t̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,697 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Construcción sólida que permite salvar un obstáculo pasando sobre él.
- 2Día laboral entre dos festivos o entre un festivo y el fin de semana que se toma como descanso.
- 3En un circuito eléctrico, conexión entre dos componentes físicamente separados.
- 4En odontología es el reemplazo de uno o más piezas dentarias que se sostiene sobre los dientes contiguos.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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 “puente”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-U-E-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈpwẽn̪t̪e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “punto” - see the side-by-side comparison. puente vs punto
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.