asesinato

/[asesiˈnat̪o]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,666

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

asesinato is aSpanishnoun. It means: Delito contra la vida humana, de carácter muy específico, que consiste en matar a una persona concurriendo ciertas circunstancias, tales como: alevosía, precio, recompensa o promesa remuneratoria o... Pronounced [asesiˈnat̪o]. It ranks #1,666 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with asesino and asesinatos.

Key facts for asesinato
PropertyValue
Headwordasesinato
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[asesiˈnat̪o]
Letters9
Frequency rank#1,666
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for asesinato is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [asesiˈnat̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,666 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for asesinato, with forms such as "acecinato", "aessinato", and "aseisnato". 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, "asesino", "asesinatos", "asesina", 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 asesinato, spelled A-S-E-S-I-N-A-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 contra la vida humana, de carácter muy específico, que consiste en matar a una persona concurriendo ciertas circunstancias, tales como: alevosía, precio, recompensa o promesa remuneratoria o ensañamiento.
  2. 2
    Engaño, traición.
  3. 3
    Acción o efecto de asesinar.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acecinato,aessinato,aseisnato,asesianto,asesinaot,asesinatto,asesinnato,asesintao,asesniato,asessinato,asseinato,assesinato,saesinato

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for asesinato

Misspelling Variants of "asesinato"

acecinato9aessinato9aseisnato9asesianto9asesinaot9asesinatto10asesinnato10asesintao9
Misspelling Variants of "asesinato"

Frequency rank: #1,666 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "asesinato"?
"asesinato" is spelled A-S-E-S-I-N-A-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [asesiˈnat̪o].
What does "asesinato" mean?
As a noun, "asesinato" means: Delito contra la vida humana, de carácter muy específico, que consiste en matar a una persona concurriendo ciertas circunstancias, tales como: alevosía, precio, recompensa o promesa remuneratoria o...
What words are commonly confused with "asesinato"?
"asesinato" is commonly confused with "asesino", "asesinatos", "asesina". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "asesinato"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "asesinato" is [asesiˈnat̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "asesinato" come from?
"asesinato" 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.