puntazo
[pũn̪ˈt̪aso]
The verdict
“puntazo” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #61,857 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #61,857
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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.
| 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) |
Where “puntazo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for puntazo is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pũn̪ˈt̪aso]. Corpus data places it at rank #61,857 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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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Using “puntazo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-U-N-T-A-Z-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pũn̪ˈt̪aso] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.