dictionary

//ˈdɪk.ʃə.nə.ɹi// noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#47,733

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

dictionary is aSpanishnoun. It means: Diccionario. Pronounced /ˈdɪk.ʃə.nə.ɹi/.

Key facts for dictionary
PropertyValue
Headworddictionary
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈdɪk.ʃə.nə.ɹi/
Letters10
Frequency rank#47,733
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for dictionary is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈdɪk.ʃə.nə.ɹi/. Corpus data places it at rank #47,733 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Diccionario.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for dictionary, with forms such as "dcitionary", "ddictionary", and "dicctionary". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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 dictionary, spelled D-I-C-T-I-O-N-A-R-Y, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Diccionario.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: dcitionary,ddictionary,dicctionary,dicitonary,dictinoary,dictioanry,dictionarry,dictionaryy,dictionayr,dictionnary,dictionray,dictoinary,dicttionary,ditcionary,idctionary

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dictionary

Misspelling Variants of "dictionary"

dcitionary10ddictionary11dicctionary11dicitonary10dictinoary10dictioanry10dictionarry11dictionaryy11
Misspelling Variants of "dictionary"

Frequency rank: #47,733 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dictionary"?
"dictionary" is spelled D-I-C-T-I-O-N-A-R-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈdɪk.ʃə.nə.ɹi/.
What does "dictionary" mean?
As a noun, "dictionary" means: Diccionario.
What are common misspellings of "dictionary"?
Common misspellings include "dcitionary", "ddictionary", "dicctionary", "dicitonary", "dictinoary". The correct spelling is "dictionary".
How do you pronounce "dictionary"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dictionary" is /ˈdɪk.ʃə.nə.ɹi/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dictionary" come from?
"dictionary" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.