amputado
[ãmpuˈt̪að̞o]
The verdict
“amputado” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #58,261 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #58,261
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Participio de amputar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amputado |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ãmpuˈt̪að̞o] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #58,261 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “amputado” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for amputado is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ãmpuˈt̪að̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #58,261 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Participio de amputar.".
amputado doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is amputado, spelled A-M-P-U-T-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1Participio de amputar.
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 “amputado”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-M-P-U-T-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ãmpuˈt̪að̞o] (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.