aikido

[ajˈkið̞o]

/[ajˈkið̞o]/ noun

The verdict

“aikido” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #63,548 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.

#63,548
frequency rank, Spanish
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Arte marcial japonés, desarrollado por Morihei Ueshiba entre los años 1930 y 1960.

Key facts for aikido
PropertyValue
Headwordaikido
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ajˈkið̞o]
Letters6
Frequency rank#63,548
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “aikido” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). aikido lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for aikido is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ajˈkið̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #63,548 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Arte marcial japonés, desarrollado por Morihei Ueshiba entre los años 1930 y 1960.".

aikido doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is aikido, spelled A-I-K-I-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Arte marcial japonés, desarrollado por Morihei Ueshiba entre los años 1930 y 1960.

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 "aikido"?
"aikido" is spelled A-I-K-I-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ajˈkið̞o].
What does "aikido" mean?
As a noun, "aikido" means: Arte marcial japonés, desarrollado por Morihei Ueshiba entre los años 1930 y 1960.
How do you pronounce "aikido"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aikido" is [ajˈkið̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aikido" come from?
"aikido" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “aikido”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is A-I-K-I-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ajˈkið̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list