puntilloso
[pũn̪t̪iˈʝoso]
The verdict
“puntilloso” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que le gusta puntualizar o poner atención a los detalles hasta el exceso.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | puntilloso |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [pũn̪t̪iˈʝoso] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “puntilloso” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for puntilloso is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pũn̪t̪iˈʝoso]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Que le gusta puntualizar o poner atención a los detalles hasta el exceso.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for puntilloso, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is puntilloso, spelled P-U-N-T-I-L-L-O-S-O.
Definition
- 1Que le gusta puntualizar o poner atención a los detalles hasta el exceso.
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.
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Using “puntilloso”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-U-N-T-I-L-L-O-S-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pũn̪t̪iˈʝoso] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.