jacinto
[xaˈsĩn̪t̪o]
The verdict
“jacinto” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #13,939 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #13,939
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Hyacinthus spp) Planta ornamental bulbosa de la familia de las Liliáceas de unos 25 cm de altura, hojas basales en roseta; las flores son fragantes, tienen seis pétalos y se disponen en una gruesa...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jacinto |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [xaˈsĩn̪t̪o] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #13,939 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jacinto” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for jacinto is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [xaˈsĩn̪t̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #13,939 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for jacinto, with forms such as "ajcinto", "jaccinto", and "jacinnto". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Jacinta", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is jacinto, spelled J-A-C-I-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1(Hyacinthus spp) Planta ornamental bulbosa de la familia de las Liliáceas de unos 25 cm de altura, hojas basales en roseta; las flores son fragantes, tienen seis pétalos y se disponen en una gruesa espiga de colores muy variados: blanco, malva, azul, morado. Su floración es primaveral.
- 2Flor de la planta del mismo nombre.
- 3Silicato de circonio (ZrSiO₄) de varios colores, frecuentemente de color amarillo rojizo. Es una piedra preciosa.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ajcinto,jaccinto,jacinnto,jacinot,jacintto,jacitno,jacnito,jaicnto,jasinto,jcainto,jjacinto
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jacinto - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “jacinto”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is J-A-C-I-N-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [xaˈsĩn̪t̪o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Jacinta” - see the side-by-side comparison. jacinto vs Jacinta
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.