imperialismo

/[ĩmpeɾjaˈlismo]/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,681

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

imperialismo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Estrategia política que consiste en buscar la hegemonía territorial, económica o cultural de un país, región o grupo dominando a otros por la fuerza o por el abuso de ventajas e influencias. Pronounced [ĩmpeɾjaˈlismo]. Often confused with imperialista.

Key facts for imperialismo
PropertyValue
Headwordimperialismo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ĩmpeɾjaˈlismo]
Letters12
Frequency rank#10,681
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for imperialismo is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩmpeɾjaˈlismo]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,681 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.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for imperialismo, with forms such as "imeprialismo", "immperialismo", and "impeiralismo". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "imperialista", 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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is imperialismo, spelled I-M-P-E-R-I-A-L-I-S-M-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Estrategia política que consiste en buscar la hegemonía territorial, económica o cultural de un país, región o grupo dominando a otros por la fuerza o por el abuso de ventajas e influencias.
  2. 2
    Doctrina que apoya un sistema de gobierno imperial, esto es, con la voluntad de extender el dominio territorial regido por un emperador.

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: imeprialismo,immperialismo,impeiralismo,imperailismo,imperiailsmo,imperialimso,imperialismmo,imperialisom,imperialissmo,imperiallismo,imperialsimo,imperilaismo,imperrialismo,impperialismo,impreialismo,ipmerialismo,miperialismo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for imperialismo

Misspelling Variants of "imperialismo"

imeprialismo12immperialismo13impeiralismo12imperailismo12imperiailsmo12imperialimso12imperialismmo13imperialisom12
Misspelling Variants of "imperialismo"

Frequency rank: #10,681 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "imperialismo"?
"imperialismo" is spelled I-M-P-E-R-I-A-L-I-S-M-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩmpeɾjaˈlismo].
What does "imperialismo" mean?
As a noun, "imperialismo" means: Estrategia política que consiste en buscar la hegemonía territorial, económica o cultural de un país, región o grupo dominando a otros por la fuerza o por el abuso de ventajas e influencias.
What words are commonly confused with "imperialismo"?
"imperialismo" is commonly confused with "imperialista". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "imperialismo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "imperialismo" is [ĩmpeɾjaˈlismo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "imperialismo" come from?
"imperialismo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.