puente

/[ˈpwẽn̪t̪e]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,697

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

puente is aSpanishnoun. It means: Construcción sólida que permite salvar un obstáculo pasando sobre él. Pronounced [ˈpwẽn̪t̪e]. It ranks #1,697 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with punto and punta.

Key facts for puente
PropertyValue
Headwordpuente
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpwẽn̪t̪e]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,697
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for puente is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for puente, with forms such as "peunte", "ppuente", and "puenet". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "punto", "punta", "puesto", 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 puente, spelled P-U-E-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Construcción sólida que permite salvar un obstáculo pasando sobre él.
  2. 2
    Día laboral entre dos festivos o entre un festivo y el fin de semana que se toma como descanso.
  3. 3
    En un circuito eléctrico, conexión entre dos componentes físicamente separados.
  4. 4
    En 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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for puente

Misspelling Variants of "puente"

peunte6ppuente7puenet6puennte7puentte7puetne6punete6upente6
Misspelling Variants of "puente"

Frequency rank: #1,697 in Spanish

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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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.