acento
[aˈsẽn̪t̪o]
The verdict
“acento” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #5,910. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,910
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Realce con que se pronuncia una sílaba, dándole mayor tono o relieve que las demás.
Corpus desk
Index ES-acento · acento · Spanish
acento · rank #5,910 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,910
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH abuelos
Nearest frequency peer: abuelos (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “acento”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Vidal
Vidal
94,094 corpus weight
- Wikipedia
Wikipedia
94,093 corpus weight
- abuelos
abuelos
94,092 corpus weight
- acento
acento
94,091 corpus weight
- acusación
acusación
94,090 corpus weight
- afectar
afectar
94,089 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “acento” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | acento |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈsẽn̪t̪o] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #5,910 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “acento” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around acento (IPA [aˈsẽn̪t̪o]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,910 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for acento, with forms such as "accento", "acennto", and "acenot". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "acto", "Anto", "acero", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 acento, spelled A-C-E-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1Realce con que se pronuncia una sílaba, dándole mayor tono o relieve que las demás.
- 2Raya diagonal que se hace en ciertos casos sobre una vocal para indicar que debe ser pronunciada con mayor intensidad o para diferenciar una palabra de otra.
- 3Entonación de la voz al hablar, o tono particular para indicar ciertas emociones o propósitos.
- 4Manera de hablar y pronunciar característica de un individuo o región.
- 5Énfasis que se pone sobre determinada sílaba de un verso para efectos rítmicos.
- 6Peso o importancia que se otorga a algo.
- 7Elemento o cualidad distintiva, en especial referido a un detalle que contrasta con lo que lo rodea.
- 8Énfasis recurrente a intervalos regulares que, generalmente, marca el comienzo del compás.
- 9El relieve expresivo de un pasaje o de una nota (normalmente marcado en la partitura).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how acento appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
y recitó estos versos, con entonado acento
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- accento
- acennto
- acenot
- acentto
- acetno
- acneto
- aecnto
- asento
- caento
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of acento - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "acento", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "acento". Here's where to go from here.
- "acento" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "acto". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #5,910 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "A" letter cohort. A–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.