expresionismo

[ekspɾesjoˈnismo]

/[ekspɾesjoˈnismo]/ noun

The verdict

“expresionismo” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #50,918 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.

#50,918
frequency rank, Spanish
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Estilo y movimiento artístico de comienzos del siglo XX, caracterizado por el rechazo del naturalismo en favor de la expresión de la emoción y percepción subjetiva.

Key facts for expresionismo
PropertyValue
Headwordexpresionismo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ekspɾesjoˈnismo]
Letters13
Frequency rank#50,918
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “expresionismo” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). expresionismo lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for expresionismo is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ekspɾesjoˈnismo]. Corpus data places it at rank #50,918 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Estilo y movimiento artístico de comienzos del siglo XX, caracterizado por el rechazo del naturalismo en favor de la expresión de la emoción y percepción subjetiva.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for expresionismo in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is expresionismo, spelled E-X-P-R-E-S-I-O-N-I-S-M-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Estilo y movimiento artístico de comienzos del siglo XX, caracterizado por el rechazo del naturalismo en favor de la expresión de la emoción y percepción subjetiva.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "expresionismo"?
"expresionismo" is spelled E-X-P-R-E-S-I-O-N-I-S-M-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ekspɾesjoˈnismo].
What does "expresionismo" mean?
As a noun, "expresionismo" means: Estilo y movimiento artístico de comienzos del siglo XX, caracterizado por el rechazo del naturalismo en favor de la expresión de la emoción y percepción subjetiva.
How do you pronounce "expresionismo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "expresionismo" is [ekspɾesjoˈnismo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "expresionismo" come from?
"expresionismo" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “expresionismo”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is E-X-P-R-E-S-I-O-N-I-S-M-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ekspɾesjoˈnismo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list