coleóptero
[koleˈopt̪eɾo]
The verdict
“coleóptero” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Coleoptera) Dicho de un insecto: Que tiene la boca dispuesta para masticar, caparazón consistente y dos élitros córneos que cubren dos alas membranosas, plegadas al través cuando el animal no vuel...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coleóptero |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [koleˈopt̪eɾo] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “coleóptero” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for coleóptero is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [koleˈopt̪eɾo]. 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: "(Coleoptera) Dicho de un insecto: Que tiene la boca dispuesta para masticar, caparazón consistente y dos élitros córneos que cubren dos alas membranosas, plegadas al través cuando el animal no vuel...".
Zero misspellings are on record for coleóptero in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. 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.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is coleóptero, spelled C-O-L-E-Ó-P-T-E-R-O.
Definition
- 1(Coleoptera) Dicho de un insecto: Que tiene la boca dispuesta para masticar, caparazón consistente y dos élitros córneos que cubren dos alas membranosas, plegadas al través cuando el animal no vuela; como el escarabajo, el cocuyo, la cantárida y el gorgojo.
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.
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Using “coleóptero”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-L-E-Ó-P-T-E-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [koleˈopt̪eɾo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.