artículo definido

/[aɾˈt̪ikulo ð̞efiˈnið̞o]/ phrase

The verdict

“artículo definido” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase — the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
17
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Tipo de artículo cuya función es indicar que la palabra a la que acompaña debe tomarse como algo de lo que ya se tenía noticia, como referencia a su clase general, o como un miembro específico de s...

Key facts for artículo definido
PropertyValue
Headwordartículo definido
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[aɾˈt̪ikulo ð̞efiˈnið̞o]
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “artículo definido” sits in Spanish frequency

artículo definido falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Spanish words — the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for artículo definido is 17 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aɾˈt̪ikulo ð̞efiˈnið̞o]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tipo de artículo cuya función es indicar que la palabra a la que acompaña debe tomarse como algo de lo que ya se tenía noticia, como referencia a su clase general, o como un miembro específico de s...".

No misspelling variants are generated for artículo definido in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is artículo definido, spelled A-R-T-Í-C-U-L-O- -D-E-F-I-N-I-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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    Tipo de artículo cuya función es indicar que la palabra a la que acompaña debe tomarse como algo de lo que ya se tenía noticia, como referencia a su clase general, o como un miembro específico de su clase. Los artículos definidos en español son: el, la, los, las.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "artículo definido"?
"artículo definido" is spelled A-R-T-Í-C-U-L-O- -D-E-F-I-N-I-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [aɾˈt̪ikulo ð̞efiˈnið̞o].
What does "artículo definido" mean?
As a phrase, "artículo definido" means: Tipo de artículo cuya función es indicar que la palabra a la que acompaña debe tomarse como algo de lo que ya se tenía noticia, como referencia a su clase general, o como un miembro específico de s...
How do you pronounce "artículo definido"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "artículo definido" is [aɾˈt̪ikulo ð̞efiˈnið̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "artículo definido" come from?
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Using “artículo definido”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is A-R-T-Í-C-U-L-O- -D-E-F-I-N-I-D-O — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [aɾˈt̪ikulo ð̞efiˈnið̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.