puño
[ˈpuɲo]
The verdict
“puño” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #10,055 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #10,055
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mano con los dedos cerrados sobre la palma.
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 | puño |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpuɲo] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #10,055 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “puño” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for puño is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpuɲo]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,055 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for puño, with forms such as "ppuño", "puoñ", and "pñuo". 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, "put", "pus", "puta", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is puño, spelled P-U-Ñ-O.
Definition
- 1Mano con los dedos cerrados sobre la palma.
- 2Cantidad que cabe aproximadamente en un puño₁.
- 3Parte de algunas prendas de vestir que rodea a la muñeca.
- 4Mango de algunas armas o herramienta destinadas a ser sujetadas con la mano.
- 5Cada uno de los vértices de una vela triangular.
- 6Herraje que se coloca en algunos puños₅.
- 7Golpe dado con la mano cerrada.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ppuño,puoñ,pñuo,upño
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of puño - 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 “puño”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-U-Ñ-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈpuɲo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “put” - see the side-by-side comparison. puño vs put
- 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.