joto
[ˈxot̪o]
The verdict
“joto” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #60,911 among 645 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,911
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 645
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hombre que siente atracción sexual por personas de su mismo sexo biológico
Corpus desk
Index ES-joto · joto · Spanish
joto · rank #60,911 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,911
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 645
- PHOTO-FINISH juicioso
Nearest frequency peer: juicioso (+2 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “joto”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- jalo
jalo
39,095 corpus weight
- joto
joto
39,090 corpus weight
- juicioso
juicioso
39,088 corpus weight
- Julen
Julen
39,087 corpus weight
- jury
jury
39,086 corpus weight
- justificante
justificante
39,085 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “joto” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | joto |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈxot̪o] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #60,911 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “joto” en la frecuencia del español
Rare enough to double-check
joto is uncommon Spanish at frequency #60,911 among 645 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈxot̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hombre que siente atracción sexual por personas de su mismo sexo biológico".
No generated misspelling entries exist for joto in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is joto, spelled J-O-T-O.
Definition
- 1Hombre que siente atracción sexual por personas de su mismo sexo biológico
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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