asignatura pendiente
[asiɣ̞naˈt̪uɾa pẽn̪ˈd̪jẽn̪t̪e]
The verdict
“asignatura pendiente” 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
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — La que se suspende y debe ser recuperada más adelante.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | asignatura pendiente |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [asiɣ̞naˈt̪uɾa pẽn̪ˈd̪jẽn̪t̪e] |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “asignatura pendiente” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for asignatura pendiente is 20 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [asiɣ̞naˈt̪uɾa pẽn̪ˈd̪jẽn̪t̪e]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for asignatura pendiente 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 asignatura pendiente, spelled A-S-I-G-N-A-T-U-R-A- -P-E-N-D-I-E-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1La que se suspende y debe ser recuperada más adelante.
- 2Cualquier tarea que queda por resolver.
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Using “asignatura pendiente”
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-S-I-G-N-A-T-U-R-A- -P-E-N-D-I-E-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [asiɣ̞naˈt̪uɾa pẽn̪ˈd̪jẽn̪t̪e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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