Puntarenas
[pũn̪t̪aˈɾenas]
The verdict
“Puntarenas” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #56,593 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,593
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Provincia de Costa Rica.
Corpus desk
Index ES-puntarenas · Puntarenas · Spanish
Puntarenas · rank #56,593 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,593
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH puliendo
Nearest frequency peer: puliendo (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “Puntarenas”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Pucallpa
Pucallpa
43,412 corpus weight
- pudiente
pudiente
43,411 corpus weight
- puga
puga
43,410 corpus weight
- puliendo
puliendo
43,409 corpus weight
- Puntarenas
Puntarenas
43,408 corpus weight
- punzón
punzón
43,406 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Puntarenas” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Puntarenas |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [pũn̪t̪aˈɾenas] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #56,593 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “Puntarenas” en español
Rare enough to double-check
Puntarenas is uncommon Spanish at frequency #56,593 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [pũn̪t̪aˈɾenas]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Puntarenas doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is Puntarenas, spelled P-U-N-T-A-R-E-N-A-S.
Definition
- 1Provincia de Costa Rica.
- 2Cantón de Costa Rica.
- 3Ciudad y puerto de Costa Rica.
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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