acto
[ˈakt̪o]
The verdict
“acto” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #1,077 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,077
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Consecuencia real o potencial de realizar, de llevar a cabo algo.
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 | acto |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈakt̪o] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #1,077 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “acto” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for acto is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈakt̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,077 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 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for acto, with forms such as "accto", "acot", and "actto". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "at", "ao", "año", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is acto, spelled A-C-T-O.
Definition
- 1Consecuencia real o potencial de realizar, de llevar a cabo algo.
- 2Reunión solemne.
- 3Acción de copular, mantener relaciones sexuales.
- 4Cada una de las partes de la obra representada, que están separadas entre sí por breves intermedios.
- 5Acción ejecutada con un estado de ánimo muy particular y dedicado.
- 6Realidad del ser, que se opone a la mera posibilidad de su existencia, o realidad potencial.
- 7Norma legal.
- 8Entre los romanos, distancia equivalente a 36 metros.
- 9Ejercicio de conocimientos para superar una prueba de admisión o repetición en la universidad.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: accto,acot,actto,atco
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of acto - 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 “acto”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-C-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈakt̪o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “at” - see the side-by-side comparison. acto vs at
- 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.