automático
The verdict
“automático” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #7,823 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #7,823
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Dicho de un aparato: que realiza operaciones o funciones sin la intervención humana.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | automático |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [awt̪oˈmat̪iko] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #7,823 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “automático” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for automático is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [awt̪oˈmat̪iko]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,823 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for automático, with forms such as "atuomático", "auotmático", and "autmoático". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "automáticos", "aromático", "automática", 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 automático, spelled A-U-T-O-M-Á-T-I-C-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Dicho de un aparato: que realiza operaciones o funciones sin la intervención humana.
- 2Dicho de un evento: que ocurre sin la intervención humana.
- 3Que es una consecuencia inmediata de ciertos actos que establecieron las condiciones causales.
- 4Que se realiza de una manera maquinal, por costumbre, instinto o inercia.
- 5Dicho de un arma o fusil: que dispara continuamente manteniendo apretado el gatillo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: atuomático,auotmático,autmoático,autommático,automtáico,automáitco,automátcio,automáticco,automátioc,automáttico,autoámtico,auttomático,uatomático
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of automático — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "automático"
Frequency rank: #7,823 in Spanish
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Using “automático”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-U-T-O-M-Á-T-I-C-O — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [awt̪oˈmat̪iko] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “automáticos” — see the side-by-side comparison. automático vs automáticos
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Nearby Spanish words
Other entries that begin with the letter A in our Spanish index: