año bisiesto
[ˈaɲo β̞iˈsjest̪o]
The verdict
“año bisiesto” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Año que tiene 366 días, generalmente añadiendo un día al mes de febrero. Ocurre cada cuatro años, para compensar un cuarto de día que se pierde en el calendario solar anualmente en relación con la ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | año bisiesto |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈaɲo β̞iˈsjest̪o] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “año bisiesto” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
año bisiesto is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈaɲo β̞iˈsjest̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Año que tiene 366 días, generalmente añadiendo un día al mes de febrero. Ocurre cada cuatro años, para compensar un cuarto de día que se pierde en el calendario solar anualmente en relación con la ...".
No misspelling variants are generated for año bisiesto 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.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is año bisiesto, spelled A-Ñ-O- -B-I-S-I-E-S-T-O.
Definition
- 1Año que tiene 366 días, generalmente añadiendo un día al mes de febrero. Ocurre cada cuatro años, para compensar un cuarto de día que se pierde en el calendario solar anualmente en relación con la rotación terrestre.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “año bisiesto”
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-Ñ-O- -B-I-S-I-E-S-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaɲo β̞iˈsjest̪o] (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.