atacado

/[at̪aˈkað̞o]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,666

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

atacado is aSpanishverb. It means: Participio de atacar. Pronounced [at̪aˈkað̞o]. It ranks #7,666 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with atado and ataco.

Key facts for atacado
PropertyValue
Headwordatacado
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[at̪aˈkað̞o]
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,666
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for atacado is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [at̪aˈkað̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,666 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Participio de atacar.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for atacado, with forms such as "aatcado", "ataacdo", and "atacaddo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "atado", "ataco", "atacar", 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 atacado, spelled A-T-A-C-A-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participio de atacar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aatcado,ataacdo,atacaddo,atacaod,ataccado,atacdao,atcaado,attacado,taacado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for atacado

Misspelling Variants of "atacado"

aatcado7ataacdo7atacaddo8atacaod7ataccado8atacdao7atcaado7attacado8
Misspelling Variants of "atacado"

Frequency rank: #7,666 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "atacado"?
"atacado" is spelled A-T-A-C-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [at̪aˈkað̞o].
What does "atacado" mean?
As a verb, "atacado" means: Participio de atacar.
What words are commonly confused with "atacado"?
"atacado" is commonly confused with "atado", "ataco", "atacar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "atacado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "atacado" is [at̪aˈkað̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "atacado" come from?
"atacado" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.