asalto

/[aˈsal̪t̪o]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,856

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

asalto is aSpanishnoun. It means: Delito caracterizado por violencia contra las personas, generalmente con fines de apoderamiento ilegítimo. Pronounced [aˈsal̪t̪o]. It ranks #4,856 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with asilo and asunto.

Key facts for asalto
PropertyValue
Headwordasalto
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aˈsal̪t̪o]
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,856
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for asalto is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈsal̪t̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,856 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for asalto, with forms such as "aaslto", "asallto", and "asalot". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "asilo", "asunto", "astuto", 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 asalto, spelled A-S-A-L-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Delito caracterizado por violencia contra las personas, generalmente con fines de apoderamiento ilegítimo.
  2. 2
    Atraco.
  3. 3
    Ataque sorpresivo a una plaza fuerte para tomarla.
  4. 4
    Acoso repentino.
  5. 5
    Cada uno de los tiempos que componen un combate de boxeo.
  6. 6
    Combate deportivo con arma blanca.
  7. 7
    Ataque con el pie y la espada hacia adelante.
  8. 8
    Fiesta que algunos amigos obligan a hacer a otro presentándose, sorpresivamente o no, en su casa con los comestibles y las bebidas del caso.
  9. 9
    Variedad del juego de tablero tres en raya.
  10. 10
    En Cuba, baile que se da por sorpresa.^([cita requerida]).

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aaslto,asallto,asalot,asaltto,asatlo,aslato,assalto,saalto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for asalto

Misspelling Variants of "asalto"

aaslto6asallto7asalot6asaltto7asatlo6aslato6assalto7saalto6
Misspelling Variants of "asalto"

Frequency rank: #4,856 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "asalto"?
"asalto" is spelled A-S-A-L-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈsal̪t̪o].
What does "asalto" mean?
As a noun, "asalto" means: Delito caracterizado por violencia contra las personas, generalmente con fines de apoderamiento ilegítimo.
What words are commonly confused with "asalto"?
"asalto" is commonly confused with "asilo", "asunto", "astuto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "asalto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "asalto" is [aˈsal̪t̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "asalto" come from?
"asalto" 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.