punta
[ˈpũn̪t̪a]
The verdict
“punta” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #2,184. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,184
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Extremo afilado de un objeto.
Corpus desk
Index ES-punta · punta · Spanish
punta · rank #2,184 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,184
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH prácticamente
Nearest frequency peer: prácticamente (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “punta”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- permanente
permanente
97,820 corpus weight
- populares
populares
97,819 corpus weight
- prácticamen…
prácticamente
97,818 corpus weight
- punta
punta
97,817 corpus weight
- salga
salga
97,815 corpus weight
- suelen
suelen
97,813 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “punta” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | punta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpũn̪t̪a] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #2,184 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “punta” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around punta (IPA [ˈpũn̪t̪a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,184 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for punta, with forms such as "pnuta", "ppunta", and "punat". 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", "puta", "pura", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is punta, spelled P-U-N-T-A.
Definition
- 1Extremo afilado de un objeto.
- 2Porción angosta de tierra que se interna en el mar.
- 3Colilla residual de un cigarrillo de marihuana que contiene restos de cannabis.
- 4En el truco, modalidad de juego cuando hay seis jugadores en donde se juegan tres manos con enfrentamientos de uno contra uno y luego se suma para cada equipo los puntos que obtuvo individualmente cada jugador.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- pnuta
- ppunta
- punat
- punnta
- puntta
- putna
- upnta
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of punta - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "punta", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "punta". Here's where to go from here.
- "punta" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "put". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #2,184 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "P" letter cohort. P–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.