ascética
[aˈset̪ika]
The verdict
“ascética” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #77,903 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,903
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del femenino singular de ascético.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ascética |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [aˈset̪ika] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #77,903 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ascética” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ascética is uncommon Spanish at frequency #77,903 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [aˈset̪ika]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del femenino singular de ascético.".
Zero misspellings are on record for ascética in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 ascética, spelled A-S-C-É-T-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1Forma del femenino singular de ascético.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “ascética”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-S-C-É-T-I-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aˈset̪ika] (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.