botánico

/[boˈt̪aniko]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,462

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

botánico is aSpanishnoun. It means: Persona que se dedica a la botánica, o ciencia que estudia las plantas. Pronounced [boˈt̪aniko]. Often confused with británico and botánicos.

Key facts for botánico
PropertyValue
Headwordbotánico
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[boˈt̪aniko]
Letters8
Frequency rank#18,462
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for botánico is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [boˈt̪aniko]. Corpus data places it at rank #18,462 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Persona que se dedica a la botánica, o ciencia que estudia las plantas.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for botánico, with forms such as "bbotánico", "botnáico", and "bottánico". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "británico", "botánicos", "botánica", 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 botánico, spelled B-O-T-Á-N-I-C-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Persona que se dedica a la botánica, o ciencia que estudia las plantas.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbotánico,botnáico,bottánico,botáinco,botáncio,botánicco,botánioc,botánnico,boátnico,btoánico,obtánico,votánico

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for botánico

Misspelling Variants of "botánico"

bbotánico9botnáico8bottánico9botáinco8botáncio8botánicco9botánioc8botánnico9
Misspelling Variants of "botánico"

Frequency rank: #18,462 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "botánico"?
"botánico" is spelled B-O-T-Á-N-I-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is [boˈt̪aniko].
What does "botánico" mean?
As a noun, "botánico" means: Persona que se dedica a la botánica, o ciencia que estudia las plantas.
What words are commonly confused with "botánico"?
"botánico" is commonly confused with "británico", "botánicos", "botánica". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "botánico"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "botánico" is [boˈt̪aniko]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "botánico" come from?
"botánico" 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.