locus classicus
/ˈlo.kus ˈklas.si.kus/
The verdict
“locus classicus” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Pasaje de una obra muy conocida y respetada, que se aduce habitualmente como referencia para una idea o asunto
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | locus classicus |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | /ˈlo.kus ˈklas.si.kus/ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “locus classicus” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for locus classicus is 15 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈlo.kus ˈklas.si.kus/. 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: "Pasaje de una obra muy conocida y respetada, que se aduce habitualmente como referencia para una idea o asunto".
No misspelling variants are generated for locus classicus 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 locus classicus, spelled L-O-C-U-S- -C-L-A-S-S-I-C-U-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Pasaje de una obra muy conocida y respetada, que se aduce habitualmente como referencia para una idea o asunto
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 L-O-C-U-S- -C-L-A-S-S-I-C-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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