artista

/[aɾˈt̪ist̪a]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,625

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

artista is aSpanishnoun. It means: Persona que ejerce una de las artes, en cualquiera de sus manifestaciones. Pronounced [aɾˈt̪ist̪a]. It ranks #1,625 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with asista and autista.

Key facts for artista
PropertyValue
Headwordartista
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aɾˈt̪ist̪a]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,625
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of artista in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for artista is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aɾˈt̪ist̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,625 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for artista, with forms such as "aritsta", "arrtista", and "artisat". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "asista", "autista", "artistas", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 artista, spelled A-R-T-I-S-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Persona que ejerce una de las artes, en cualquiera de sus manifestaciones.
  2. 2
    Persona que ejerce su profesión, sea manual o intelectual, con un alto grado de excelencia.
  3. 3
    Persona con desparpajo o que tiene habilidades manuales no muy comunes.
  4. 4
    Artesano, persona que ejerce un oficio manual.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aritsta,arrtista,artisat,artissta,artistta,artitsa,artsita,arttista,atrista,ratista

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for artista

Misspelling Variants of "artista"

aritsta7arrtista8artisat7artissta8artistta8artitsa7artsita7arttista8
Misspelling Variants of "artista"

Frequency rank: #1,625 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "artista"?
"artista" is spelled A-R-T-I-S-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [aɾˈt̪ist̪a].
What does "artista" mean?
As a noun, "artista" means: Persona que ejerce una de las artes, en cualquiera de sus manifestaciones.
What words are commonly confused with "artista"?
"artista" is commonly confused with "asista", "autista", "artistas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "artista"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "artista" is [aɾˈt̪ist̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "artista" come from?
"artista" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.