clítico
[ˈklit̪iko]
The verdict
“clítico” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dice de un elemento gramatical (palabra, partícula, vocablo) que no tiene acento prosódico (es átono o inacentuado) y por esa razón al pronunciarse se une con el elemento tónico (con acento de i...
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Index ES-clitico · clítico · Spanish
clítico · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clítico |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈklit̪iko] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “clítico” en español
Rare enough to double-check
clítico is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈklit̪iko]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se dice de un elemento gramatical (palabra, partícula, vocablo) que no tiene acento prosódico (es átono o inacentuado) y por esa razón al pronunciarse se une con el elemento tónico (con acento de i...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for clítico, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is clítico, spelled C-L-Í-T-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1Se dice de un elemento gramatical (palabra, partícula, vocablo) que no tiene acento prosódico (es átono o inacentuado) y por esa razón al pronunciarse se une con el elemento tónico (con acento de intensidad) que lo precede o que lo sigue. Por ello es sintácticamente independiente, pero fonéticamente dependiente de otros vocablos. A veces se escribe como palabra independiente y a veces se escribe unido a la palabra de cuyo acento depende.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.