explosivo

/[eksploˈsiβ̞o]/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,593

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

explosivo is anSpanishadj. It means: Dícese del dispositivo o sustancia que en tiempo muy breve puede liberar una gran cantidad de: calor, presión o radiación, es decir que puede hacer explosión. Pronounced [eksploˈsiβ̞o]. Often confused with expresivo and explosivos.

Key facts for explosivo
PropertyValue
Headwordexplosivo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[eksploˈsiβ̞o]
Letters9
Frequency rank#14,593
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for explosivo is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eksploˈsiβ̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #14,593 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for explosivo, with forms such as "epxlosivo", "exlposivo", and "expllosivo". 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, "expresivo", "explosivos", "exclusivo", 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 explosivo, spelled E-X-P-L-O-S-I-V-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dícese del dispositivo o sustancia que en tiempo muy breve puede liberar una gran cantidad de: calor, presión o radiación, es decir que puede hacer explosión.
  2. 2
    Relativo a la explosión; capaz de producirla.
  3. 3
    Que tiene un estilo de juego impredecible, desequilibrante y que tiende a sorprender repentinamente al rival.
  4. 4
    Dicho de un fonema: que se pronuncia mediante la oclusión y explosión.
  5. 5
    Impropiamente, dicho de una consonante: situada a principio de sílaba.

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epxlosivo,exlposivo,expllosivo,explocivo,exploisvo,explosibo,explosiov,explosivvo,explossivo,explosvio,explsoivo,expolsivo,expplosivo,exxplosivo,xeplosivo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for explosivo

Misspelling Variants of "explosivo"

epxlosivo9exlposivo9expllosivo10explocivo9exploisvo9explosibo9explosiov9explosivvo10
Misspelling Variants of "explosivo"

Frequency rank: #14,593 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "explosivo"?
"explosivo" is spelled E-X-P-L-O-S-I-V-O. The IPA pronunciation is [eksploˈsiβ̞o].
What does "explosivo" mean?
As an adj, "explosivo" means: Dícese del dispositivo o sustancia que en tiempo muy breve puede liberar una gran cantidad de: calor, presión o radiación, es decir que puede hacer explosión.
What words are commonly confused with "explosivo"?
"explosivo" is commonly confused with "expresivo", "explosivos", "exclusivo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "explosivo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "explosivo" is [eksploˈsiβ̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "explosivo" come from?
"explosivo" 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.