excelente

/[ekseˈlẽn̪t̪e]/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,195

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

excelente is anSpanishadj. It means: De suprema calidad, extremadamente bueno Pronounced [ekseˈlẽn̪t̪e]. It ranks #1,195 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with excelentes and excedente.

Key facts for excelente
PropertyValue
Headwordexcelente
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ekseˈlẽn̪t̪e]
Letters9
Frequency rank#1,195
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for excelente is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ekseˈlẽn̪t̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,195 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "De suprema calidad, extremadamente bueno".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for excelente, with forms such as "ecxelente", "exccelente", and "exceelnte". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "excelentes", "excedente", "excedentes", 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 excelente, spelled E-X-C-E-L-E-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    De suprema calidad, extremadamente bueno

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ecxelente,exccelente,exceelnte,excelenet,excelennte,excelentte,exceletne,excellente,excelnete,excleente,execlente,exselente,exxcelente,xecelente

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for excelente

Misspelling Variants of "excelente"

ecxelente9exccelente10exceelnte9excelenet9excelennte10excelentte10exceletne9excellente10
Misspelling Variants of "excelente"

Frequency rank: #1,195 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "excelente"?
"excelente" is spelled E-X-C-E-L-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ekseˈlẽn̪t̪e].
What does "excelente" mean?
As an adj, "excelente" means: De suprema calidad, extremadamente bueno
What words are commonly confused with "excelente"?
"excelente" is commonly confused with "excelentes", "excedente", "excedentes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "excelente"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "excelente" is [ekseˈlẽn̪t̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "excelente" come from?
"excelente" 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.