acortamiento

[akoɾt̪aˈmjẽn̪t̪o]

/[akoɾt̪aˈmjẽn̪t̪o]/ noun

The verdict

“acortamiento” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,240 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,240
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o efecto de acortar o de acortarse (en sus diferentes acepciones).

Corpus desk

Index ES-acortamiento · acortamiento · Spanish

acortamiento · rank #68,240 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,240
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH acoplados

Nearest frequency peer: acoplados (-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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “acortamiento”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “acortamiento” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for acortamiento
PropertyValue
Headwordacortamiento
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[akoɾt̪aˈmjẽn̪t̪o]
Letters12
Frequency rank#68,240
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “acortamiento” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).acortamientocae en esta cola de rareza:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “acoplados” (#68,239), “acostaré” (#68,241), “acojonado” (#68,238). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “acortamiento” va en #68,240. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

acortamiento is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,240 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [akoɾt̪aˈmjẽn̪t̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for acortamiento, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is acortamiento, spelled A-C-O-R-T-A-M-I-E-N-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de acortar o de acortarse (en sus diferentes acepciones).
  2. 2
    Vocablo, palabra o término creado al reducir o eliminar una parte de otro, en particular la parte inicial o la final.
  3. 3
    Diferencia de extensión que se da entre la proyección en un plano de la distancia entre planetas o estrellas y su distancia real.

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 "acortamiento"?
"acortamiento" is spelled A-C-O-R-T-A-M-I-E-N-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [akoɾt̪aˈmjẽn̪t̪o].
What does "acortamiento" mean?
As a noun, "acortamiento" means: Acción o efecto de acortar o de acortarse (en sus diferentes acepciones).
How do you pronounce "acortamiento"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acortamiento" is [akoɾt̪aˈmjẽn̪t̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list