puntazo
[pũn̪ˈt̪aso]
The verdict
“puntazo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #61,857 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,857
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción de pegarle a la pelota con la punta del botín, en lugar de hacerlo con la parte interna que es la forma recomendada.
Corpus desk
Index ES-puntazo · puntazo · Spanish
puntazo · rank #61,857 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,857
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH punt
Nearest frequency peer: punt (-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 “puntazo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- protuberanc…
protuberancias
38,148 corpus weight
- puchos
puchos
38,147 corpus weight
- punibles
punibles
38,146 corpus weight
- punt
punt
38,145 corpus weight
- puntazo
puntazo
38,144 corpus weight
- puzle
puzle
38,143 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “puntazo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | puntazo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pũn̪ˈt̪aso] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #61,857 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “puntazo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
puntazo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #61,857 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pũn̪ˈt̪aso]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Acción de pegarle a la pelota con la punta del botín, en lugar de hacerlo con la parte interna que es la forma recomendada.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for puntazo, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is puntazo, spelled P-U-N-T-A-Z-O.
Definition
- 1Acción de pegarle a la pelota con la punta del botín, en lugar de hacerlo con la parte interna que es la forma recomendada.
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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