iluminado
[ilumiˈnað̞o]
The verdict
“iluminado” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #15,392 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #15,392
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Persona que se cree a sí misma imbuida de algún poder sobrenatural o misión divina que debe realizar.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | iluminado |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ilumiˈnað̞o] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #15,392 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “iluminado” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for iluminado is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ilumiˈnað̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,392 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for iluminado, with forms such as "illuminado", "ilmuinado", and "iluimnado". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "iluminar", "iluminan", "iluminados", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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. The correct Spanish form is iluminado, spelled I-L-U-M-I-N-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1Persona que se cree a sí misma imbuida de algún poder sobrenatural o misión divina que debe realizar.
- 2Perteneciente a un movimiento religioso español del siglo XVI en forma de secta mística y que creían en el contacto directo con Dios a través del Espíritu Santo mediante visiones y experiencias místicas.
- 3Perteneciente a una secta creada por Adam Weishaupt en 1776 que enseña que existe una iluminación racional, al margen y por encima de la fe, accesible a cualquier persona, y capaz de conducir a una superior perfección.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: illuminado,ilmuinado,iluimnado,ilumiando,iluminaddo,iluminaod,ilumindao,iluminnado,ilumminado,ilumniado,iulminado,liuminado
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of iluminado - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “iluminado”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-L-U-M-I-N-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ilumiˈnað̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “iluminar” - see the side-by-side comparison. iluminado vs iluminar
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.