gentilhombre

/[xẽn̪t̪ilˈõmbɾe]/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#60,845

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

gentilhombre is aSpanishnoun. It means: Hombre respetado por su posición o prestigio en la sociedad en que vive. Pronounced [xẽn̪t̪ilˈõmbɾe].

Key facts for gentilhombre
PropertyValue
Headwordgentilhombre
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[xẽn̪t̪ilˈõmbɾe]
Letters12
Frequency rank#60,845
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for gentilhombre is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [xẽn̪t̪ilˈõmbɾe]. Corpus data places it at rank #60,845 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for gentilhombre 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 gentilhombre, spelled G-E-N-T-I-L-H-O-M-B-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hombre respetado por su posición o prestigio en la sociedad en que vive.
  2. 2
    Alguien con los valores que hacen ser un gentilhombre₁.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #60,845 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gentilhombre"?
"gentilhombre" is spelled G-E-N-T-I-L-H-O-M-B-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [xẽn̪t̪ilˈõmbɾe].
What does "gentilhombre" mean?
As a noun, "gentilhombre" means: Hombre respetado por su posición o prestigio en la sociedad en que vive.
How do you pronounce "gentilhombre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gentilhombre" is [xẽn̪t̪ilˈõmbɾe]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gentilhombre" come from?
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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.