puñada
[puˈɲað̞a]
The verdict
“puñada” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Golpe que se da con el puño.
Corpus desk
Index ES-punada · puñada · Spanish
puñada · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | puñada |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [puˈɲað̞a] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “puñada” en español
Rare enough to double-check
puñada is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [puˈɲað̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Golpe que se da con el puño.".
puñada doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is puñada, spelled P-U-Ñ-A-D-A.
Definition
- 1Golpe que se da con el puño.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how puñada appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Encendido Hamete en ira, quitó un bastón a un moro que pasaba al campo y dio un palo a David con que cayó en el suelo. Pareciole a don Felis que aquel era su amo y que, en fin, por buena o mala posesión comía su pan, demás de no haberle jamás maltratado de obra ni de palabra; y desviándole el palo al moro con que le iba a dar de segunda ira lo que faltaba…
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.