puțin
/ pu.t͡sin /
The verdict
“puțin” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a pronoun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Un poco
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | puțin |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | / pu.t͡sin / |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “puțin” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for puțin is 5 letters long, classified as a pronoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as / pu.t͡sin /. 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: "Un poco".
No generated misspelling entries exist for puțin in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is puțin, spelled P-U-Ț-I-N.
Definition
- 1Un poco
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 “puțin”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-U-Ț-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as / pu.t͡sin / (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.