autoritario

/[awt̪oɾiˈt̪aɾjo]/ adj

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,978

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

autoritario is anSpanishadj. It means: Que favorece o es partidario de la obediencia completa y sin cuestionamientos a la autoridad en oposición a la libertad del individuo. Pronounced [awt̪oɾiˈt̪aɾjo]. Often confused with autoritarios and autoritarismo.

Key facts for autoritario
PropertyValue
Headwordautoritario
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[awt̪oɾiˈt̪aɾjo]
Letters11
Frequency rank#12,978
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for autoritario is 11 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [awt̪oɾiˈt̪aɾjo]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,978 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for autoritario, with forms such as "atuoritario", "auotritario", and "autoirtario". 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, "autoritarios", "autoritarismo", "autoritaria", 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 autoritario, spelled A-U-T-O-R-I-T-A-R-I-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que favorece o es partidario de la obediencia completa y sin cuestionamientos a la autoridad en oposición a la libertad del individuo.
  2. 2
    Que ejerce completo o casí completo control sobre el comportamiento de otros.
  3. 3
    Propio o relacionado con el gobierno o sistema político o práctica en la que la libertad individual esta sujeta al control de la autoridad.
  4. 4
    Propio o relacionado con grupos o individuos que ejercen poder sin limitaciones sobre otros.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: atuoritario,auotritario,autoirtario,autoriatrio,autoritairo,autoritaroi,autoritarrio,autoritraio,autorittario,autorritario,autortiario,autroitario,auttoritario,uatoritario

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for autoritario

Misspelling Variants of "autoritario"

atuoritario11auotritario11autoirtario11autoriatrio11autoritairo11autoritaroi11autoritarrio12autoritraio11
Misspelling Variants of "autoritario"

Frequency rank: #12,978 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "autoritario"?
"autoritario" is spelled A-U-T-O-R-I-T-A-R-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is [awt̪oɾiˈt̪aɾjo].
What does "autoritario" mean?
As an adj, "autoritario" means: Que favorece o es partidario de la obediencia completa y sin cuestionamientos a la autoridad en oposición a la libertad del individuo.
What words are commonly confused with "autoritario"?
"autoritario" is commonly confused with "autoritarios", "autoritarismo", "autoritaria". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "autoritario"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "autoritario" is [awt̪oɾiˈt̪aɾjo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "autoritario" come from?
"autoritario" 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.