acta

/[ˈakt̪a]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,673

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

acta is aSpanishnoun. It means: Documento formal que testifica por escrito lo ocurrido, determinado, tratado o pactado en una junta. Pronounced [ˈakt̪a]. It ranks #4,673 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with at and Ana.

Key facts for acta
PropertyValue
Headwordacta
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈakt̪a]
Letters4
Frequency rank#4,673
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for acta is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈakt̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,673 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for acta, with forms such as "acat", "accta", and "actta". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "at", "Ana", "art", and more, 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 acta, spelled A-C-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Documento formal que testifica por escrito lo ocurrido, determinado, tratado o pactado en una junta.
  2. 2
    Testificación fehaciente en que se consigna la elección de alguien para un cargo público o privado.
  3. 3
    Certificado oficial de un hecho.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acat,accta,actta,atca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for acta

Misspelling Variants of "acta"

acat4accta5actta5atca4
Misspelling Variants of "acta"

Frequency rank: #4,673 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "acta"?
"acta" is spelled A-C-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈakt̪a].
What does "acta" mean?
As a noun, "acta" means: Documento formal que testifica por escrito lo ocurrido, determinado, tratado o pactado en una junta.
What words are commonly confused with "acta"?
"acta" is commonly confused with "at", "Ana", "art". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "acta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acta" is [ˈakt̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "acta" come from?
"acta" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter A in our Spanish index:

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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.