académico

[akaˈð̞emiko]

/[akaˈð̞emiko]/ adj

The verdict

“académico” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #3,750. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,750
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relativo a la academia.

Corpus desk

Index ES-academico · académico · Spanish

académico · rank #3,750 · 12 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,750
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH world

Nearest frequency peer: world (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “académico”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “académico” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

académico vs académicos
90% similar
académico vs academia
67% similar
académico vs académica
89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for académico
PropertyValue
Headwordacadémico
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[akaˈð̞emiko]
Letters9
Frequency rank#3,750
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “académico”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).académicocae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “world” (#3,749), “actriz” (#3,751), “universitaria” (#3,748). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “académico” va en #3,750. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around académico (IPA [akaˈð̞emiko]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,750 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for académico, with forms such as "aacdémico", "acaddémico", and "acadméico". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "académicos", "academia", "académica", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is académico, spelled A-C-A-D-É-M-I-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relativo a la academia.
  2. 2
    Erudito o estudioso de alguna materia.
  3. 3
    Platonista.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aacdémico
  • acaddémico
  • acadméico
  • acadéimco
  • académcio
  • académicco
  • académioc
  • académmico
  • acaédmico
  • accadémico
  • acdaémico
  • caadémico

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of académico - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aacdémico2acaddémico1acadméico2acadéimco2académcio2académicco1académioc2académmico1
Edit distance from "académico"

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "académico"?
"académico" is spelled A-C-A-D-É-M-I-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is [akaˈð̞emiko].
What does "académico" mean?
As an adjective, "académico" means: Relativo a la academia.
What words are commonly confused with "académico"?
"académico" is commonly confused with "académicos", "academia", "académica". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "académico"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "académico" is [akaˈð̞emiko]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "académico" come from?
"académico" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "académico", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list