activo

/[akˈt̪iβ̞o]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,435

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

activo is anSpanishadj. It means: Que es capaz de causar efecto o ser fuente de acciones. Pronounced [akˈt̪iβ̞o]. It ranks #2,435 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with acto and ático.

Key facts for activo
PropertyValue
Headwordactivo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[akˈt̪iβ̞o]
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,435
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for activo is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [akˈt̪iβ̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,435 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for activo, with forms such as "acctivo", "acitvo", and "actibo". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "acto", "ático", "Ártico", 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 activo, spelled A-C-T-I-V-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que es capaz de causar efecto o ser fuente de acciones.
  2. 2
    Que actúa con eficacia, agilidad y presteza.
  3. 3
    Que requiere de acción.
  4. 4
    Inclinado a la acción más que a la contemplación o la reflexión.
  5. 5
    Que manifiesta radioactividad.
  6. 6
    Que provoca catálisis.
  7. 7
    Dicho de una voz de los verbos, que toma como sujeto al agente de una acción transitiva y no a su objeto.
  8. 8
    Bienes económicos y derechos a cobrar de un comerciante o empresa.
  9. 9
    Que penetra a su pareja, en una relación homosexual.

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acctivo,acitvo,actibo,actiov,activvo,acttivo,actvio,atcivo,cativo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for activo

Misspelling Variants of "activo"

acctivo7acitvo6actibo6actiov6activvo7acttivo7actvio6atcivo6
Misspelling Variants of "activo"

Frequency rank: #2,435 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "activo"?
"activo" is spelled A-C-T-I-V-O. The IPA pronunciation is [akˈt̪iβ̞o].
What does "activo" mean?
As an adj, "activo" means: Que es capaz de causar efecto o ser fuente de acciones.
What words are commonly confused with "activo"?
"activo" is commonly confused with "acto", "ático", "Ártico". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "activo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "activo" is [akˈt̪iβ̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "activo" come from?
"activo" 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.