puerquito

[pweɾˈkit̪o]

/[pweɾˈkit̪o]/ noun

The verdict

“puerquito” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Persona víctima de burlas y acoso por parte de los demás..

Corpus desk

Index ES-puerquito · puerquito · Spanish

puerquito · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for puerquito
PropertyValue
Headwordpuerquito
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pweɾˈkit̪o]
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “puerquito” en español

puerquitono entra en el top 100.000 del español: zona de términos técnicos, arcaicos o escasos, el terreno típico de la doble comprobación.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

puerquito is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pweɾˈkit̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Persona víctima de burlas y acoso por parte de los demás..".

No misspelling variants are generated for puerquito in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 puerquito, spelled P-U-E-R-Q-U-I-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Persona víctima de burlas y acoso por parte de los demás..

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "puerquito"?
"puerquito" is spelled P-U-E-R-Q-U-I-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [pweɾˈkit̪o].
What does "puerquito" mean?
As a noun, "puerquito" means: Persona víctima de burlas y acoso por parte de los demás..
How do you pronounce "puerquito"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "puerquito" is [pweɾˈkit̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "puerquito" come from?
"puerquito" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list