bellaco

/[beˈʝako]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#52,723

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

bellaco is anSpanishadj. It means: De ingenio astuto e intención aviesa, hábil para el engaño. Pronounced [beˈʝako].

Key facts for bellaco
PropertyValue
Headwordbellaco
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[beˈʝako]
Letters7
Frequency rank#52,723
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for bellaco is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [beˈʝako]. Corpus data places it at rank #52,723 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.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for bellaco in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.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 bellaco, spelled B-E-L-L-A-C-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    De ingenio astuto e intención aviesa, hábil para el engaño.
  2. 2
    Diestro y sutil para planear o realizar una acción, especialmente sin despertar sospechas.
  3. 3
    Dicho de un caballo, imperfectamente adiestrado y de mal talante.
  4. 4
    Que tiene coraje para enfrentar una situación o momento adversos.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #52,723 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bellaco"?
"bellaco" is spelled B-E-L-L-A-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is [beˈʝako].
What does "bellaco" mean?
As an adj, "bellaco" means: De ingenio astuto e intención aviesa, hábil para el engaño.
How do you pronounce "bellaco"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bellaco" is [beˈʝako]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bellaco" come from?
"bellaco" 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.