elemento

/[eleˈmẽn̪t̪o]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,710

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

elemento is aSpanishnoun. It means: Cada uno de los componentes de un ser. Cada parte indivisible de la que se compone un todo. Pronounced [eleˈmẽn̪t̪o]. It ranks #2,710 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with elementos and elemental.

Key facts for elemento
PropertyValue
Headwordelemento
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[eleˈmẽn̪t̪o]
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,710
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for elemento is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eleˈmẽn̪t̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,710 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for elemento, with forms such as "eelmento", "eleemnto", and "elemennto". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "elementos", "elemental", 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 elemento, spelled E-L-E-M-E-N-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cada uno de los componentes de un ser. Cada parte indivisible de la que se compone un todo.
  2. 2
    Cuerpo simple.
  3. 3
    Componente de una agrupación humana.
  4. 4
    Medio en que vive un ser.
  5. 5
    Motivo^([definición imprecisa]).
  6. 6
    Cada uno de los objetos pertenecientes a un conjunto.
  7. 7
    Sustancia que no se puede descomponer en otras más sencillas por métodos químicos.
  8. 8
    Nombre dado por los antiguos al aire, agua, tierra y fuego, considerados como los principios constitutivos del universo físico.
  9. 9
    Individuo, persona, especialmente con referencia a su participación en un grupo o actividad colectiva.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eelmento,eleemnto,elemennto,elemenot,elementto,elemetno,elemmento,elemneto,ellemento,elmeento,leemento

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for elemento

Misspelling Variants of "elemento"

eelmento8eleemnto8elemennto9elemenot8elementto9elemetno8elemmento9elemneto8
Misspelling Variants of "elemento"

Frequency rank: #2,710 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "elemento"?
"elemento" is spelled E-L-E-M-E-N-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [eleˈmẽn̪t̪o].
What does "elemento" mean?
As a noun, "elemento" means: Cada uno de los componentes de un ser. Cada parte indivisible de la que se compone un todo.
What words are commonly confused with "elemento"?
"elemento" is commonly confused with "elementos", "elemental". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "elemento"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "elemento" is [eleˈmẽn̪t̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "elemento" come from?
"elemento" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.