como anillo al dedo

/[ˈkomo aˈniʝo al̪ ˈd̪eð̞o]/ phrase

The verdict

“como anillo al dedo” 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
19
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Muy bien, en momento oportuno, a la medida, adecuadamente.

Key facts for como anillo al dedo
PropertyValue
Headwordcomo anillo al dedo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˈkomo aˈniʝo al̪ ˈd̪eð̞o]
Letters19
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “como anillo al dedo” sits in Spanish frequency

como anillo al dedo falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Spanish words — the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for como anillo al dedo is 19 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkomo aˈniʝo al̪ ˈd̪eð̞o]. 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: "Muy bien, en momento oportuno, a la medida, adecuadamente.".

No misspelling variants are generated for como anillo al dedo 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 como anillo al dedo, spelled C-O-M-O- -A-N-I-L-L-O- -A-L- -D-E-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Muy bien, en momento oportuno, a la medida, adecuadamente.

Synonyms

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "como anillo al dedo"?
"como anillo al dedo" is spelled C-O-M-O- -A-N-I-L-L-O- -A-L- -D-E-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkomo aˈniʝo al̪ ˈd̪eð̞o].
What does "como anillo al dedo" mean?
As a phrase, "como anillo al dedo" means: Muy bien, en momento oportuno, a la medida, adecuadamente.
How do you pronounce "como anillo al dedo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "como anillo al dedo" is [ˈkomo aˈniʝo al̪ ˈd̪eð̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “como anillo al dedo”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-M-O- -A-N-I-L-L-O- -A-L- -D-E-D-O — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈkomo aˈniʝo al̪ ˈd̪eð̞o] (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.