deletreo

[d̪eleˈt̪ɾeo]

/[d̪eleˈt̪ɾeo]/ noun

The verdict

“deletreo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #96,180 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,180
frequency rank, Spanish
4,885
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o efecto de deletrear.

Corpus desk

Index ES-deletreo · deletreo · Spanish

deletreo · rank #96,180 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,180
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,885
  • PHOTO-FINISH deliberados

Nearest frequency peer: deliberados (+1 rank slots)

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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “deletreo”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “deletreo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for deletreo
PropertyValue
Headworddeletreo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[d̪eleˈt̪ɾeo]
Letters8
Frequency rank#96,180
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “deletreo” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.deletreocae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “deliberados” (#96,181), “demoniaco” (#96,183), “dedicase” (#96,176). Entre 4,885 lemas con “D”, “deletreo” va en #96,180. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

deletreo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #96,180 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [d̪eleˈt̪ɾeo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

deletreo has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is deletreo, spelled D-E-L-E-T-R-E-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de deletrear.
  2. 2
    Método para aprender a leer, pronunciando cada letra de una palabra (deletreando), luego cada sílaba (silabeando), y después la palabra entera.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "deletreo"?
"deletreo" is spelled D-E-L-E-T-R-E-O. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪eleˈt̪ɾeo].
What does "deletreo" mean?
As a noun, "deletreo" means: Acción o efecto de deletrear.
How do you pronounce "deletreo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "deletreo" is [d̪eleˈt̪ɾeo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "deletreo" come from?
"deletreo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "deletreo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list