-ísimo
[ˈisimo]
The verdict
“-ísimo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a suffix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se emplea para formar el grado superlativo de muchos adjetivos, indicando "en grado sumo, sumamente".
Corpus desk
Index ES-isimo · -ísimo · Spanish
-ísimo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "-" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | -ísimo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Suffix |
| IPA | [ˈisimo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “-ísimo” en la frecuencia del español
Rare enough to double-check
-ísimo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix, transcribed [ˈisimo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se emplea para formar el grado superlativo de muchos adjetivos, indicando "en grado sumo, sumamente".".
-ísimo has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is -ísimo, spelled --Í-S-I-M-O.
Definition
- 1Se emplea para formar el grado superlativo de muchos adjetivos, indicando "en grado sumo, sumamente".
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how -ísimo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
alto → altísimo • grande → grandísimo • amable → amabilísimo • ágil → agilísimo • nuevo → novísimo.
This word in other languages
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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