detractor

/[d̪et̪ɾakˈt̪oɾ]/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#85,688

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

detractor is anSpanishadj. It means: Persona que se opone a la opinión o ideología de quien se denomina su adversario, el cual puede ser una persona concreta o un oponente figurado. Pronounced [d̪et̪ɾakˈt̪oɾ].

Key facts for detractor
PropertyValue
Headworddetractor
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[d̪et̪ɾakˈt̪oɾ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#85,688
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for detractor is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪et̪ɾakˈt̪oɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #85,688 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for detractor in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.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 detractor, spelled D-E-T-R-A-C-T-O-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Persona que se opone a la opinión o ideología de quien se denomina su adversario, el cual puede ser una persona concreta o un oponente figurado.
  2. 2
    Persona que se dedica a denostar, difamar, criticar o despreciar a otro individuo, colectivo, movimiento o concepto determinado.

Synonyms

Frequency rank: #85,688 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "detractor"?
"detractor" is spelled D-E-T-R-A-C-T-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪et̪ɾakˈt̪oɾ].
What does "detractor" mean?
As an adj, "detractor" means: Persona que se opone a la opinión o ideología de quien se denomina su adversario, el cual puede ser una persona concreta o un oponente figurado.
How do you pronounce "detractor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "detractor" is [d̪et̪ɾakˈt̪oɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "detractor" come from?
"detractor" 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.