puntillo
[pũn̪ˈt̪iʝo]
The verdict
“puntillo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Diminutivo de punto.
Corpus desk
Index ES-puntillo · puntillo · Spanish
puntillo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | puntillo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pũn̪ˈt̪iʝo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “puntillo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
puntillo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pũn̪ˈt̪iʝo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
puntillo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is puntillo, spelled P-U-N-T-I-L-L-O.
Definition
- 1Diminutivo de punto.
- 2Tras ingerir licor, el momento en que uno se siente alegre sin llegar a estar borracho.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.