International Phonetic Alphabet
/ˌɪntɚˈnæʃ(ə)n(ə)l fəˈnɛtɪk ˈælfəˌbɛt/
The verdict
“International Phonetic Alphabet” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 31
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alfabeto Fonético Internacional
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | International Phonetic Alphabet |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌɪntɚˈnæʃ(ə)n(ə)l fəˈnɛtɪk ˈælfəˌbɛt/ |
| Letters | 31 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “International Phonetic Alphabet” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for International Phonetic Alphabet is 31 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌɪntɚˈnæʃ(ə)n(ə)l fəˈnɛtɪk ˈælfəˌbɛt/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Alfabeto Fonético Internacional".
No misspelling variants are generated for International Phonetic Alphabet 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 International Phonetic Alphabet, spelled I-N-T-E-R-N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L- -P-H-O-N-E-T-I-C- -A-L-P-H-A-B-E-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Alfabeto Fonético Internacional
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-N-T-E-R-N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L- -P-H-O-N-E-T-I-C- -A-L-P-H-A-B-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌɪntɚˈnæʃ(ə)n(ə)l fəˈnɛtɪk ˈælfəˌbɛt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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