inesperado

/[inespeˈɾað̞o]/ adj

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,973

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

inesperado is anSpanishadj. It means: Que ocurre sin que se pueda prever o esperarse Pronounced [inespeˈɾað̞o]. It ranks #8,973 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with inspirado and inesperados.

Key facts for inesperado
PropertyValue
Headwordinesperado
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[inespeˈɾað̞o]
Letters10
Frequency rank#8,973
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for inesperado is 10 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [inespeˈɾað̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,973 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Que ocurre sin que se pueda prever o esperarse".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for inesperado, with forms such as "iensperado", "inepserado", and "ineseprado". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "inspirado", "inesperados", "inesperada", 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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is inesperado, spelled I-N-E-S-P-E-R-A-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que ocurre sin que se pueda prever o esperarse

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: iensperado,inepserado,ineseprado,inespeardo,inesperaddo,inesperaod,inesperdao,inesperrado,inespperado,inespreado,inessperado,innesperado,inseperado,niesperado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for inesperado

Misspelling Variants of "inesperado"

iensperado10inepserado10ineseprado10inespeardo10inesperaddo11inesperaod10inesperdao10inesperrado11
Misspelling Variants of "inesperado"

Frequency rank: #8,973 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "inesperado"?
"inesperado" is spelled I-N-E-S-P-E-R-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [inespeˈɾað̞o].
What does "inesperado" mean?
As an adj, "inesperado" means: Que ocurre sin que se pueda prever o esperarse
What words are commonly confused with "inesperado"?
"inesperado" is commonly confused with "inspirado", "inesperados", "inesperada". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "inesperado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "inesperado" is [inespeˈɾað̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "inesperado" come from?
"inesperado" 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.