figura retórica
[fiˈɣ̞uɾa reˈt̪oɾika]
The verdict
“figura retórica” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Estrategia, recurso, giro o forma que se aplica al lenguaje, sea a nivel de pensamiento, de significado, de pronunciación o de construcción gramatical, para producir cierto efecto expresivo. Se con...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | figura retórica |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [fiˈɣ̞uɾa reˈt̪oɾika] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “figura retórica” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for figura retórica is 15 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fiˈɣ̞uɾa reˈt̪oɾika]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Estrategia, recurso, giro o forma que se aplica al lenguaje, sea a nivel de pensamiento, de significado, de pronunciación o de construcción gramatical, para producir cierto efecto expresivo. Se con...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for figura retórica, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is figura retórica, spelled F-I-G-U-R-A- -R-E-T-Ó-R-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1Estrategia, recurso, giro o forma que se aplica al lenguaje, sea a nivel de pensamiento, de significado, de pronunciación o de construcción gramatical, para producir cierto efecto expresivo. Se conoce también como figura literaria, discursiva, de estilo, o recurso estilístico.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “figura retórica”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-I-G-U-R-A- -R-E-T-Ó-R-I-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fiˈɣ̞uɾa reˈt̪oɾika] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.