apotegma
[apoˈt̪eɣ̞ma]
The verdict
“apotegma” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sentencia breve dicha con agudeza.
Corpus desk
Index ES-apotegma · apotegma · Spanish
apotegma · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | apotegma |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [apoˈt̪eɣ̞ma] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
apotegma is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [apoˈt̪eɣ̞ma]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
apotegma doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is apotegma, spelled A-P-O-T-E-G-M-A.
Definition
- 1Sentencia breve dicha con agudeza.
- 2Aforismo
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.