aceituna

/[asejˈt̪una]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#32,045

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

aceituna is aSpanishnoun. It means: Fruto del olivo. Es una drupa carnosa, de tamaño variable, con una sola semilla en el interior. Pertenece a la familia de las oleáceas. Su área natural es la cuenca mediterránea. Sus tejidos almace... Pronounced [asejˈt̪una]. Often confused with acentúa and aceitunas.

Key facts for aceituna
PropertyValue
Headwordaceituna
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[asejˈt̪una]
Letters8
Frequency rank#32,045
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of aceituna in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for aceituna is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [asejˈt̪una]. Corpus data places it at rank #32,045 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Fruto del olivo. Es una drupa carnosa, de tamaño variable, con una sola semilla en el interior. Pertenece a la familia de las oleáceas. Su área natural es la cuenca mediterránea. Sus tejidos almace...".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for aceituna, with forms such as "acceituna", "aceitnua", and "aceittuna". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "acentúa", "aceitunas", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is aceituna, spelled A-C-E-I-T-U-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fruto del olivo. Es una drupa carnosa, de tamaño variable, con una sola semilla en el interior. Pertenece a la familia de las oleáceas. Su área natural es la cuenca mediterránea. Sus tejidos almacenan aceites en forma de ácidos oléicos en una proporción de un 40% y hasta un 60%. (Esta proporción se refiere al ácido oleico y no al aceite propiamente dicho que se saca finalmente de la aceituna para su consumo).

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acceituna,aceitnua,aceittuna,aceituan,aceitunna,aceiutna,acetiuna,acietuna,aecituna,aseituna,caeituna

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for aceituna

Misspelling Variants of "aceituna"

acceituna9aceitnua8aceittuna9aceituan8aceitunna9aceiutna8acetiuna8acietuna8
Misspelling Variants of "aceituna"

Frequency rank: #32,045 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aceituna"?
"aceituna" is spelled A-C-E-I-T-U-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [asejˈt̪una].
What does "aceituna" mean?
As a noun, "aceituna" means: Fruto del olivo. Es una drupa carnosa, de tamaño variable, con una sola semilla en el interior. Pertenece a la familia de las oleáceas. Su área natural es la cuenca mediterránea. Sus tejidos almace...
What words are commonly confused with "aceituna"?
"aceituna" is commonly confused with "acentúa", "aceitunas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aceituna"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aceituna" is [asejˈt̪una]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aceituna" come from?
"aceituna" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.