expletivo
[ekspleˈt̪iβ̞o]
The verdict
“expletivo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se aplica a las voces o partículas que, sin ser necesarias para el sentido, se emplean para hacer más llena o armoniosa la locución.
Corpus desk
Index ES-expletivo · expletivo · Spanish
expletivo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | expletivo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ekspleˈt̪iβ̞o] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “expletivo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
expletivo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ekspleˈt̪iβ̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se aplica a las voces o partículas que, sin ser necesarias para el sentido, se emplean para hacer más llena o armoniosa la locución.".
expletivo has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is expletivo, spelled E-X-P-L-E-T-I-V-O.
Definition
- 1Se aplica a las voces o partículas que, sin ser necesarias para el sentido, se emplean para hacer más llena o armoniosa la locución.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.