docto
[ˈd̪okt̪o]
The verdict
“docto” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #91,860 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,860
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Persona que debido a sus estudios ha adquirido un conocimiento mayor que el común.
Corpus desk
Index ES-docto · docto · Spanish
docto · rank #91,860 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,860
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH distanciar
Nearest frequency peer: distanciar (-2 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “docto”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- dificultaban
dificultaban
8,152 corpus weight
- disorder
disorder
8,147 corpus weight
- disruptiva
disruptiva
8,144 corpus weight
- distanciar
distanciar
8,143 corpus weight
- docto
docto
8,141 corpus weight
- domiciliados
domiciliados
8,139 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “docto” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | docto |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈd̪okt̪o] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #91,860 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “docto” en español
Rare enough to double-check
docto is uncommon Spanish at frequency #91,860 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈd̪okt̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for docto in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 docto, spelled D-O-C-T-O.
Definition
- 1Persona que debido a sus estudios ha adquirido un conocimiento mayor que el común.
- 2Sabio, erudíto, estudioso, versado en ciencias, o facultades.
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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