código de barras
The verdict
“código de barras” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase — the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 16
- letters
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Código compuesto por líneas paralelas oscuras y espacios claros entre ellas de diversos anchos y que se emplea para ser leído por computadoras. Se emplea en el comercio para identificar el código p...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | código de barras |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈkoð̞iɣ̞o ð̞e ˈβ̞aras] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “código de barras” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for código de barras is 16 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkoð̞iɣ̞o ð̞e ˈβ̞aras]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Código compuesto por líneas paralelas oscuras y espacios claros entre ellas de diversos anchos y que se emplea para ser leído por computadoras. Se emplea en el comercio para identificar el código p...".
No misspelling variants are generated for código de barras in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. 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 código de barras, spelled C-Ó-D-I-G-O- -D-E- -B-A-R-R-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Código compuesto por líneas paralelas oscuras y espacios claros entre ellas de diversos anchos y que se emplea para ser leído por computadoras. Se emplea en el comercio para identificar el código producto.
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Using “código de barras”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-Ó-D-I-G-O- -D-E- -B-A-R-R-A-S — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkoð̞iɣ̞o ð̞e ˈβ̞aras] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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