experimento

/[ekspeɾiˈmẽn̪t̪o]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,961

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

experimento is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de experimentar (probar, ensayar). Pronounced [ekspeɾiˈmẽn̪t̪o]. It ranks #5,961 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with experimentos and experimenta.

Key facts for experimento
PropertyValue
Headwordexperimento
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ekspeɾiˈmẽn̪t̪o]
Letters11
Frequency rank#5,961
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for experimento is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ekspeɾiˈmẽn̪t̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,961 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 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for experimento, with forms such as "epxerimento", "exeprimento", and "expeirmento". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "experimentos", "experimenta", "experimente", 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 experimento, spelled E-X-P-E-R-I-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
    Acción o efecto de experimentar (probar, ensayar).
  2. 2
    Procedimiento mediante el cual se trata de refutar una hipótesis o de explorar algo de un modo metódico.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epxerimento,exeprimento,expeirmento,experiemnto,experimennto,experimenot,experimentto,experimetno,experimmento,experimneto,expermiento,experrimento,expperimento,expreimento,exxperimento,xeperimento

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for experimento

Misspelling Variants of "experimento"

epxerimento11exeprimento11expeirmento11experiemnto11experimennto12experimenot11experimentto12experimetno11
Misspelling Variants of "experimento"

Frequency rank: #5,961 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "experimento"?
"experimento" is spelled E-X-P-E-R-I-M-E-N-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ekspeɾiˈmẽn̪t̪o].
What does "experimento" mean?
As a noun, "experimento" means: Acción o efecto de experimentar (probar, ensayar).
What words are commonly confused with "experimento"?
"experimento" is commonly confused with "experimentos", "experimenta", "experimente". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "experimento"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "experimento" is [ekspeɾiˈmẽn̪t̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "experimento" come from?
"experimento" 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.