adjetivo

/[að̞xeˈt̪iβ̞o]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,764

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

adjetivo is anSpanishadj. It means: Se dice de una palabra o frase que califica al sustantivo. Pronounced [að̞xeˈt̪iβ̞o]. Often confused with adoptivo and adjetivos.

Key facts for adjetivo
PropertyValue
Headwordadjetivo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[að̞xeˈt̪iβ̞o]
Letters8
Frequency rank#15,764
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for adjetivo is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [að̞xeˈt̪iβ̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,764 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Se dice de una palabra o frase que califica al sustantivo.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for adjetivo, with forms such as "addjetivo", "adejtivo", and "adjeitvo". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "adoptivo", "adjetivos", "aditivo", 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 adjetivo, spelled A-D-J-E-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
    Se dice de una palabra o frase que califica al sustantivo.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: addjetivo,adejtivo,adjeitvo,adjetibo,adjetiov,adjetivvo,adjettivo,adjetvio,adjjetivo,adjteivo,ajdetivo,dajetivo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for adjetivo

Misspelling Variants of "adjetivo"

addjetivo9adejtivo8adjeitvo8adjetibo8adjetiov8adjetivvo9adjettivo9adjetvio8
Misspelling Variants of "adjetivo"

Frequency rank: #15,764 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "adjetivo"?
"adjetivo" is spelled A-D-J-E-T-I-V-O. The IPA pronunciation is [að̞xeˈt̪iβ̞o].
What does "adjetivo" mean?
As an adj, "adjetivo" means: Se dice de una palabra o frase que califica al sustantivo.
What words are commonly confused with "adjetivo"?
"adjetivo" is commonly confused with "adoptivo", "adjetivos", "aditivo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "adjetivo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adjetivo" is [að̞xeˈt̪iβ̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adjetivo" come from?
"adjetivo" 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.