ecosistema

/[ekosisˈt̪ema]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,031

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

ecosistema is aSpanishnoun. It means: Sistema biológico formado por una comunidad de seres vivos y el medio ambiente en el que se desarrollan. Pronounced [ekosisˈt̪ema]. Often confused with ecosistemas.

Key facts for ecosistema
PropertyValue
Headwordecosistema
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ekosisˈt̪ema]
Letters10
Frequency rank#11,031
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for ecosistema is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ekosisˈt̪ema]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,031 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Sistema biológico formado por una comunidad de seres vivos y el medio ambiente en el que se desarrollan.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for ecosistema, with forms such as "ceosistema", "eccosistema", and "ecocistema". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "ecosistemas", 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 ecosistema, spelled E-C-O-S-I-S-T-E-M-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sistema biológico formado por una comunidad de seres vivos y el medio ambiente en el que se desarrollan.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ceosistema,eccosistema,ecocistema,ecoisstema,ecosisetma,ecosisstema,ecosisteam,ecosistemma,ecosistmea,ecosisttema,ecositsema,ecossistema,ecossitema,ecsoistema,eocsistema

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ecosistema

Misspelling Variants of "ecosistema"

ceosistema10eccosistema11ecocistema10ecoisstema10ecosisetma10ecosisstema11ecosisteam10ecosistemma11
Misspelling Variants of "ecosistema"

Frequency rank: #11,031 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ecosistema"?
"ecosistema" is spelled E-C-O-S-I-S-T-E-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ekosisˈt̪ema].
What does "ecosistema" mean?
As a noun, "ecosistema" means: Sistema biológico formado por una comunidad de seres vivos y el medio ambiente en el que se desarrollan.
What words are commonly confused with "ecosistema"?
"ecosistema" is commonly confused with "ecosistemas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ecosistema"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ecosistema" is [ekosisˈt̪ema]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ecosistema" come from?
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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.