electoral

/[elekt̪oˈɾal]/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,266

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

electoral is anSpanishadj. It means: Concerniente a la elección o al electorado. Pronounced [elekt̪oˈɾal]. It ranks #1,266 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with electores and electorales.

Key facts for electoral
PropertyValue
Headwordelectoral
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[elekt̪oˈɾal]
Letters9
Frequency rank#1,266
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for electoral is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [elekt̪oˈɾal]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,266 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for electoral, with forms such as "eelctoral", "elcetoral", and "elecctoral". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "electores", "electorales", "elector", 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 electoral, spelled E-L-E-C-T-O-R-A-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Concerniente a la elección o al electorado.
  2. 2
    Perteneciente a la dignidad o a la calidad de elector.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eelctoral,elcetoral,elecctoral,elecotral,electoarl,electorall,electorla,electorral,electroal,electtoral,eletcoral,ellectoral,leectoral

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for electoral

Misspelling Variants of "electoral"

eelctoral9elcetoral9elecctoral10elecotral9electoarl9electorall10electorla9electorral10
Misspelling Variants of "electoral"

Frequency rank: #1,266 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "electoral"?
"electoral" is spelled E-L-E-C-T-O-R-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [elekt̪oˈɾal].
What does "electoral" mean?
As an adj, "electoral" means: Concerniente a la elección o al electorado.
What words are commonly confused with "electoral"?
"electoral" is commonly confused with "electores", "electorales", "elector". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "electoral"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "electoral" is [elekt̪oˈɾal]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "electoral" come from?
"electoral" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter E in our Spanish index:

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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.