fruto seco
[ˈfɾut̪o ˈseko]
The verdict
“fruto seco” 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
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Cualquiera de numerosos frutos y semillas, de variado origen botánico, que se presentan encerradas en una cáscara dura y desprovistas de una parte carnosa; se incluyen así las nueces del nogal, las...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fruto seco |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈfɾut̪o ˈseko] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fruto seco” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for fruto seco is 10 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfɾut̪o ˈseko]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for fruto seco in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 fruto seco, spelled F-R-U-T-O- -S-E-C-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Cualquiera de numerosos frutos y semillas, de variado origen botánico, que se presentan encerradas en una cáscara dura y desprovistas de una parte carnosa; se incluyen así las nueces del nogal, las almendras, las avellanas, los maníes o los piñones, así como las presentaciones desecadas de frutas que en estado fresco son carnosas, como la pasa de uva o el orejón.
- 2Tipo de fruto en que a la madurez el pericarpo se presenta membranoso o coriáceo, con bajo contenido en agua; según se abran o no para liberar las semillas se clasifican en dehiscentes e indehiscentes. Se incluyen en esta categoría numerosos frutos que la lengua común no registra como tales, como las legumbres o las cariópsides ("granos") de los cereales.
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Using “fruto seco”
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-R-U-T-O- -S-E-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfɾut̪o ˈseko] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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