holoceno

/[oloˈseno]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#94,213

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

holoceno is anSpanishadj. It means: Perteneciente o relacionado con la última y actual época del cuaternario, el período geológico. Corresponde con el fin de la última glaciación hace aproximadamente 11.550 años (cerca a 9600 adC), q... Pronounced [oloˈseno].

Key facts for holoceno
PropertyValue
Headwordholoceno
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[oloˈseno]
Letters8
Frequency rank#94,213
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for holoceno is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [oloˈseno]. Corpus data places it at rank #94,213 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Perteneciente o relacionado con la última y actual época del cuaternario, el período geológico. Corresponde con el fin de la última glaciación hace aproximadamente 11.550 años (cerca a 9600 adC), q...".

No misspelling variants are generated for holoceno 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 holoceno, spelled H-O-L-O-C-E-N-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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    Perteneciente o relacionado con la última y actual época del cuaternario, el período geológico. Corresponde con el fin de la última glaciación hace aproximadamente 11.550 años (cerca a 9600 adC), que provocó un ascenso en el nivel del mar. Esto hizo que Indonesia, Japón y Taiwán se separaran de Asia; el Reino Unido, de Europa y Nueva Guinea y Tasmania, de Australia. Además, produjo la formación del Estrecho de Bering.

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #94,213 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "holoceno"?
"holoceno" is spelled H-O-L-O-C-E-N-O. The IPA pronunciation is [oloˈseno].
What does "holoceno" mean?
As an adj, "holoceno" means: Perteneciente o relacionado con la última y actual época del cuaternario, el período geológico. Corresponde con el fin de la última glaciación hace aproximadamente 11.550 años (cerca a 9600 adC), q...
How do you pronounce "holoceno"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "holoceno" is [oloˈseno]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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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.