heterónimo
Spanish, noun/eteˈɾonimo/
heterónimo is spelled H-E-T-E-R-Ó-N-I-M-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written Spanish, the 204,261st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Heterónimo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “heteronym (word having the same spelling but different pronunciation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Identidad ficticia creada por un autor o artista, a quien le asigna un estilo o personalidad particulares”.
What does heterónimo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineheteronym (word having the same spelling but different pronunciation)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Se dice de la palabra con un contenido semántico muy cercano a otra que sin embargo no comparte la procedencia de una misma raíz; por ejemplo: toro-vaca, caballo-yegua, etc.
noun: 1. Identidad ficticia creada por un autor o artista, a quien le asigna un estilo o personalidad particulares. 2. Nombre que alguien emplea para aparecer públicamente, diferente del que recibió legalmente.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of heterónimo
- heterónimos plural
- heterónima feminine
- heterónimas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce heterónimo?
- /eteˈɾonimo/
- [e.t̪eˈɾo.ni.mo]
- [et̪eˈɾonimo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is heterónimo in Spanish?
heterónimo appears about once in every 32 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).