acento
[aˈsẽn̪t̪o]
The verdict
“acento” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #5,910 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #5,910
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Realce con que se pronuncia una sílaba, dándole mayor tono o relieve que las demás.
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) |
Where “acento” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for acento is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈsẽn̪t̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,910 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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).
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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Using “acento”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-C-E-N-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aˈsẽn̪t̪o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “acto” - see the side-by-side comparison. acento vs acto
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.