martillo
[maɾˈt̪iʝo]
The verdict
“martillo” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #10,370 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #10,370
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Herramienta para golpear, con forma de "T", de unos 30 cm. de largo, conformada por un mango y una cabeza pesada, utilizada normalmente para enterrar clavos.
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 | martillo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maɾˈt̪iʝo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #10,370 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “martillo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for martillo is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maɾˈt̪iʝo]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,370 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for martillo, with forms such as "amrtillo", "maritllo", and "marrtillo". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Murillo", "Morillo", "martirio", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is martillo, spelled M-A-R-T-I-L-L-O.
Definition
- 1Herramienta para golpear, con forma de "T", de unos 30 cm. de largo, conformada por un mango y una cabeza pesada, utilizada normalmente para enterrar clavos.
- 2Uno de los tres huesecillos del oído medio que presenta una cabeza, un cuello y tres apófisis. Está conectado con la membrana timpánica y transmite las vibraciones sonoras al yunque, que se comunica a su vez con el estribo.
- 3Acción de pedir dinero prestado, generalmente con insistencia.
- 4Bola de acero sujeta a un cable con una empuñadura, que se utiliza al realizar el lanzamiento de martillo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amrtillo,maritllo,marrtillo,martilo,martilol,martlilo,marttillo,matrillo,mmartillo,mratillo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of martillo - 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 “martillo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-R-T-I-L-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [maɾˈt̪iʝo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Murillo” - see the side-by-side comparison. martillo vs Murillo
- 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.