grillo topo
[ˈgɾiʝo ˈt̪opo]
The verdict
“grillo topo” 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
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Denominación general de cualquier especie de insecto ortóptero de la familia Gryllotalpidae, omnívoros, de hábitos subterráneos y cuerpo grueso de tres a cinco cm de longitud, con alas poco desarro...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grillo topo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈgɾiʝo ˈt̪opo] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “grillo topo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for grillo topo is 11 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈgɾiʝo ˈt̪opo]. 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 grillo topo 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 grillo topo, spelled G-R-I-L-L-O- -T-O-P-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Denominación general de cualquier especie de insecto ortóptero de la familia Gryllotalpidae, omnívoros, de hábitos subterráneos y cuerpo grueso de tres a cinco cm de longitud, con alas poco desarrolladas y patas delanteras grandes y adecuadas para cavar.
- 2(Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa) Especie de insecto ortóptero, de cuerpo color marrón terroso, alas plegadas en abanico y patas delanteras grandes y adecuadas para cavar. Los machos miden aproximadamente 35 a 41 mm y las hembras de 40 a 46 mm. Es nativo de Europa, oeste de Asia y Norte de África e introducido en América. Son muy agresivos.
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-R-I-L-L-O- -T-O-P-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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