conventillo
[kõmbẽn̪ˈt̪iʝo]
The verdict
“conventillo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #74,386 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,386
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Casa antigua y grande, que se subdivide en gran cantidad de cuartos o viviendas estrechas, cada una de las cuales aloja a familias pobres que pagan un arriendo.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | conventillo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kõmbẽn̪ˈt̪iʝo] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #74,386 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “conventillo” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
conventillo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #74,386 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kõmbẽn̪ˈt̪iʝo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for conventillo in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 conventillo, spelled C-O-N-V-E-N-T-I-L-L-O.
Definition
- 1Casa antigua y grande, que se subdivide en gran cantidad de cuartos o viviendas estrechas, cada una de las cuales aloja a familias pobres que pagan un arriendo.
- 2Casa grande destinada como vivienda para varias familias.
- 3Casa, vivienda o local destinado al comercio sexual.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “conventillo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-N-V-E-N-T-I-L-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kõmbẽn̪ˈt̪iʝo] (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.