distraído

/[d̪ist̪ɾaˈið̞o]/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,838

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

distraído is anSpanishadj. It means: Que no presta atención, no se percata de lo que ocurre a su alrededor o vive abstraído en sus pensamientos. Pronounced [d̪ist̪ɾaˈið̞o]. Often confused with distrito and distraiga.

Key facts for distraído
PropertyValue
Headworddistraído
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[d̪ist̪ɾaˈið̞o]
Letters9
Frequency rank#24,838
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for distraído is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪ist̪ɾaˈið̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #24,838 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Que no presta atención, no se percata de lo que ocurre a su alrededor o vive abstraído en sus pensamientos.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for distraído, with forms such as "ddistraído", "disrtaído", and "disstraído". 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 also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "distrito", "distraiga", "distraídos", and more, 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 distraído, spelled D-I-S-T-R-A-Í-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que no presta atención, no se percata de lo que ocurre a su alrededor o vive abstraído en sus pensamientos.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddistraído,disrtaído,disstraído,distarído,distradío,distraíddo,distraíod,distrraído,distríado,disttraído,ditsraído,dsitraído,idstraído

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for distraído

Misspelling Variants of "distraído"

ddistraído10disrtaído9disstraído10distarído9distradío9distraíddo10distraíod9distrraído10
Misspelling Variants of "distraído"

Frequency rank: #24,838 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "distraído"?
"distraído" is spelled D-I-S-T-R-A-Í-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪ist̪ɾaˈið̞o].
What does "distraído" mean?
As an adj, "distraído" means: Que no presta atención, no se percata de lo que ocurre a su alrededor o vive abstraído en sus pensamientos.
What words are commonly confused with "distraído"?
"distraído" is commonly confused with "distrito", "distraiga", "distraídos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "distraído"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "distraído" is [d̪ist̪ɾaˈið̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "distraído" come from?
"distraído" 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.