puntada

/[pũn̪ˈt̪að̞a]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#47,360

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

puntada is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de puntar. Pronounced [pũn̪ˈt̪að̞a]. Often confused with puntas and putada.

Key facts for puntada
PropertyValue
Headwordpuntada
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pũn̪ˈt̪að̞a]
Letters7
Frequency rank#47,360
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for puntada is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pũn̪ˈt̪að̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #47,360 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for puntada, with forms such as "pnutada", "ppuntada", and "punatda". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "puntas", "putada", "puntal", 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 puntada, spelled P-U-N-T-A-D-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de puntar.
  2. 2
    Método de asegurar el hilo, atravesando con una aguja u otro instrumento puntiagudo un material textil al coser o bordar para fabricar prendas de vestir o cualquier tipo de artículo que necesite confección.
  3. 3
    Cada uno de los agujeros hechos con aguja, lezna u otro instrumento semejante, en la tela, cuero u otra materia que se va cosiendo.
  4. 4
    Acción y efecto de pasar la aguja por cada uno de estos agujeros mientras se está cosiendo.
  5. 5
    Espacio que media entre dos de estos agujeros próximos entre sí.
  6. 6
    Porción de hilo que ocupa este espacio.
  7. 7
    Pinchazo producido por el asta del toro.
  8. 8
    Dolor agudo intenso y localizado en un lugar reducido, sobre todo cuando es en el costado del tórax y mientras se hace actividad física.
  9. 9
    Dicho ingenioso y mordaz o humorístico.
  10. 10
    Razón o palabra que se dice como al descuido para recordar una especie o motivar que se hable de ella.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: pnutada,ppuntada,punatda,punntada,puntaad,puntadda,puntdaa,punttada,putnada,upntada

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for puntada

Misspelling Variants of "puntada"

pnutada7ppuntada8punatda7punntada8puntaad7puntadda8puntdaa7punttada8
Misspelling Variants of "puntada"

Frequency rank: #47,360 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

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