Which to use
“pinchado” is a verb and “pintado” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,122
- “pinchado” frequency rank
- #8,694
- “pintado” frequency rank
- 54816
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pinchado | pintado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de pinchar. | Pelo de caballo a lunares. |
Where the eye mixes pinchado and pintado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. pinchado runs 8 letters (CVCCCVCV) against pintado's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: pinchado vs pintado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pinchado is [pĩnʲˈt͡ʃað̞o] while pintado is [pĩn̪ˈt̪að̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54816, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pinchado is recorded at frequency rank #46,122, classified as averb, pronounced [pĩnʲˈt͡ʃað̞o]. pintado is at rank #8,694, tagged as anoun, pronounced [pĩn̪ˈt̪að̞o].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 54816, this pair ranks #81,656 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pinchado vs pintado
Shared letters: adinop. Private to "pinchado": ch. Private to "pintado": t.
"pinchado" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV · "pintado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pinchado" and "pintado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "pinchado" or "pintado" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "pinchado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pintado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #81,656 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pinchado" and "pintado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pinchado vs planchado". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #81,656 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.