aliño
[aˈliɲo]
The verdict
“aliño” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #69,096 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #69,096
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción o efecto de aliñar o aliñarse.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aliño |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈliɲo] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #69,096 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aliño” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for aliño is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈliɲo]. Corpus data places it at rank #69,096 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for aliño in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is aliño, spelled A-L-I-Ñ-O.
Definition
- 1Acción o efecto de aliñar o aliñarse.
- 2Elemento o conjunto de elementos con que se aliña o adereza algo o a alguien.
- 3Preparación o disposición para ejecutar una acción.
- 4Ingrediente que sirve para dar sabor o sazón a una comida o bebida.
- 5Plato resultante de aplicar el aliño₄ a determinados ingredientes.
- 6Orden pulcro y cuidado en la apariencia de algo o alguien.
- 7Acción de poner al toro en la posición deseada para ser ejecutado con la espada.
- 8Conjunto de implementos para un tipo de acción o uso determinado, especialmente agrícola.
This word in other languages
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 “aliño”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-L-I-Ñ-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aˈliɲo] (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.