pesetas
\pe.ze.ta\
The verdict
“pesetas” is uncommon French (frequency #55,500 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,500
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de peseta.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pesetas |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pe.ze.ta\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #55,500 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pesetas” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pesetas is uncommon French at frequency #55,500 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pe.ze.ta\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de peseta.".
pesetas doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is pesetas, spelled P-E-S-E-T-A-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de peseta.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “pesetas”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-E-S-E-T-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pe.ze.ta\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.