Acevedo
/ˌæsɪˈveɪdəʊ/
"acevedo" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Acevedo” is an uncommon English word, ranked #61,247 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #61,247
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname from Portuguese
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Acevedo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌæsɪˈveɪdəʊ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #61,247 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Acevedo” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Acevedo is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌæsɪˈveɪdəʊ/. Corpus data places it at rank #61,247 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A surname from Portuguese".
Acevedo has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Portuguese Azevedo (often via Spanish Acevedo). The correct English form is Acevedo, spelled A-C-E-V-E-D-O.
Definition
- 1A surname from Portuguese
Etymology
From Portuguese Azevedo (often via Spanish Acevedo).
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Acevedo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-C-E-V-E-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌæsɪˈveɪdəʊ/ (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.