apóstrofo
[aˈpost̪ɾofo]
The verdict
“apóstrofo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Signo ortográfico que indica la omisión de uno o más grafemas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-apostrofo · apóstrofo · Spanish
apóstrofo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | apóstrofo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈpost̪ɾofo] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “apóstrofo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
apóstrofo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈpost̪ɾofo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Signo ortográfico que indica la omisión de uno o más grafemas.".
apóstrofo has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is apóstrofo, spelled A-P-Ó-S-T-R-O-F-O.
Definition
- 1Signo ortográfico que indica la omisión de uno o más grafemas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how apóstrofo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Con efecto, prescindiendo de la elisión que consiste en la supresión de la primera vocal, la cual supresión es contraria a nuestro idioma, y en otras lenguas se marca con apóstrofo, hay dos modos de proferir las vocales que se encuentran a fin de una dicción y principio de la subsiguiente».
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.