punto y coma
[ˈpũn̪t̪o i ˈkoma]
The verdict
“punto y coma” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Signo ortográfico consistente en una coma con un punto por encima de ella que, en español, marca una pausa algo mayor que la de la coma y separa oraciones independientes que, sin embargo, mantienen...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | punto y coma |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈpũn̪t̪o i ˈkoma] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “punto y coma” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for punto y coma is 12 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpũn̪t̪o i ˈkoma]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for punto y coma in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is punto y coma, spelled P-U-N-T-O- -Y- -C-O-M-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Signo ortográfico consistente en una coma con un punto por encima de ella que, en español, marca una pausa algo mayor que la de la coma y separa oraciones independientes que, sin embargo, mantienen relación semántica recíproca o, también, se usa para la correcta diferenciación de enumeraciones u oraciones relativamente complejas que contienen comas o, de igual modo, pueden preceder a algunas conjunciones y conectores concesivos, consecutivos y adversativos cuando las oraciones que van antes de ellas son largas o complicadas.
- 2El mismo símbolo tipográfico precedente con diversos usos y valores en otras lenguas.
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Using “punto y coma”
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-U-N-T-O- -Y- -C-O-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈpũn̪t̪o i ˈkoma] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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