punta

/[ˈpũn̪t̪a]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,184

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

punta is aSpanishnoun. It means: Extremo afilado de un objeto. Pronounced [ˈpũn̪t̪a]. It ranks #2,184 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with put and puta.

Key facts for punta
PropertyValue
Headwordpunta
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpũn̪t̪a]
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,184
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for punta is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpũn̪t̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,184 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 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for punta, with forms such as "pnuta", "ppunta", and "punat". 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, "put", "puta", "pura", 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 punta, spelled P-U-N-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Extremo afilado de un objeto.
  2. 2
    Porción angosta de tierra que se interna en el mar.
  3. 3
    Colilla residual de un cigarrillo de marihuana que contiene restos de cannabis.
  4. 4
    En 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.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: pnuta,ppunta,punat,punnta,puntta,putna,upnta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for punta

Misspelling Variants of "punta"

pnuta5ppunta6punat5punnta6puntta6putna5upnta5
Misspelling Variants of "punta"

Frequency rank: #2,184 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "punta"?
"punta" is spelled P-U-N-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpũn̪t̪a].
What does "punta" mean?
As a noun, "punta" means: Extremo afilado de un objeto.
What words are commonly confused with "punta"?
"punta" is commonly confused with "put", "puta", "pura". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "punta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "punta" is [ˈpũn̪t̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "punta" come from?
"punta" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

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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.