deterioro

/[d̪et̪eˈɾjoɾo]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,141

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

deterioro is aSpanishnoun. It means: Degeneración, empeoramiento gradual del estado de algo; proceso y resultado de decaer o deteriorarse. Pronounced [d̪et̪eˈɾjoɾo]. It ranks #7,141 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with deteriora and deteriorado.

Key facts for deterioro
PropertyValue
Headworddeterioro
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[d̪et̪eˈɾjoɾo]
Letters9
Frequency rank#7,141
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of deterioro in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for deterioro is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪et̪eˈɾjoɾo]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,141 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Degeneración, empeoramiento gradual del estado de algo; proceso y resultado de decaer o deteriorarse.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for deterioro, with forms such as "ddeterioro", "deetrioro", and "deteiroro". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "deteriora", "deteriorado", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 deterioro, spelled D-E-T-E-R-I-O-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Degeneración, empeoramiento gradual del estado de algo; proceso y resultado de decaer o deteriorarse.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddeterioro,deetrioro,deteiroro,deterioor,deteriorro,deteriroo,deteroiro,deterrioro,detreioro,detterioro,dteerioro,edterioro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for deterioro

Misspelling Variants of "deterioro"

ddeterioro10deetrioro9deteiroro9deterioor9deteriorro10deteriroo9deteroiro9deterrioro10
Misspelling Variants of "deterioro"

Frequency rank: #7,141 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "deterioro"?
"deterioro" is spelled D-E-T-E-R-I-O-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪et̪eˈɾjoɾo].
What does "deterioro" mean?
As a noun, "deterioro" means: Degeneración, empeoramiento gradual del estado de algo; proceso y resultado de decaer o deteriorarse.
What words are commonly confused with "deterioro"?
"deterioro" is commonly confused with "deteriora", "deteriorado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "deterioro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "deterioro" is [d̪et̪eˈɾjoɾo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "deterioro" come from?
"deterioro" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.