puntería
[pũn̪t̪eˈɾia]
The verdict
“puntería” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #24,617. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,617
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción de apuntar un arma guiándola adecuadamente para que el proyectil dé en el blanco u objetivo, al momento de disparar.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | puntería |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pũn̪t̪eˈɾia] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #24,617 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “puntería” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around puntería (IPA [pũn̪t̪eˈɾia]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,617 among 48,357 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for puntería, with forms such as "pnutería", "ppuntería", and "punetría". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "puntero", "punteros", "pantera", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is puntería, spelled P-U-N-T-E-R-Í-A.
Definition
- 1Acción de apuntar un arma guiándola adecuadamente para que el proyectil dé en el blanco u objetivo, al momento de disparar.
- 2Dirección que se le da a un arma arrojadiza o de fuego.
- 3Habilidad del tirador para dar en el punto que quiere tocar.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- pnutería
- ppuntería
- punetría
- punntería
- punteraí
- punterría
- punteíra
- puntreía
- punttería
- putnería
- upntería
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of puntería - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “puntería”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-U-N-T-E-R-Í-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pũn̪t̪eˈɾia] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “puntero” - see the side-by-side comparison. puntería vs puntero
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
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.