diodo
[ˈd̪joð̞o]
The verdict
“diodo” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #56,968 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #56,968
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Componente electrónico de dos terminales que permite la circulación de la corriente eléctrica a través de él en un sentido y no en el otro.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | diodo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈd̪joð̞o] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #56,968 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “diodo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for diodo is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈd̪joð̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #56,968 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Componente electrónico de dos terminales que permite la circulación de la corriente eléctrica a través de él en un sentido y no en el otro.".
diodo has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 diodo, spelled D-I-O-D-O.
Definition
- 1Componente electrónico de dos terminales que permite la circulación de la corriente eléctrica a través de él en un sentido y no en el otro.
This word in other languages
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 “diodo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-I-O-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈd̪joð̞o] (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.