inicio

/[iˈnisjo]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,294

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

inicio is aSpanishnoun. It means: Principio u origen de alguna cosa; punto de partida; momento o lugar en que algo comienza. Pronounced [iˈnisjo]. It ranks #1,294 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Íñigo and inicios.

Key facts for inicio
PropertyValue
Headwordinicio
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[iˈnisjo]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,294
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for inicio is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [iˈnisjo]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,294 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Principio u origen de alguna cosa; punto de partida; momento o lugar en que algo comienza.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for inicio, with forms such as "iincio", "inciio", and "iniccio". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "Íñigo", "inicios", "invicto", 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 inicio, spelled I-N-I-C-I-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Principio u origen de alguna cosa; punto de partida; momento o lugar en que algo comienza.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: iincio,inciio,iniccio,inicoi,iniico,inisio,innicio,niicio

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for inicio

Misspelling Variants of "inicio"

iincio6inciio6iniccio7inicoi6iniico6inisio6innicio7niicio6
Misspelling Variants of "inicio"

Frequency rank: #1,294 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "inicio"?
"inicio" is spelled I-N-I-C-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is [iˈnisjo].
What does "inicio" mean?
As a noun, "inicio" means: Principio u origen de alguna cosa; punto de partida; momento o lugar en que algo comienza.
What words are commonly confused with "inicio"?
"inicio" is commonly confused with "Íñigo", "inicios", "invicto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "inicio"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "inicio" is [iˈnisjo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "inicio" come from?
"inicio" 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.