menosprecio

/[menosˈpɾesjo]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#35,618

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

menosprecio is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acto de tener en poco, de considerar inferior o desvalorar algo o a alguien, incluso llegando al rechazo. Falta de aprecio o poca estimación. Pronounced [menosˈpɾesjo]. Often confused with menospreciar.

Key facts for menosprecio
PropertyValue
Headwordmenosprecio
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[menosˈpɾesjo]
Letters11
Frequency rank#35,618
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of menosprecio in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for menosprecio is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [menosˈpɾesjo]. Corpus data places it at rank #35,618 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Acto de tener en poco, de considerar inferior o desvalorar algo o a alguien, incluso llegando al rechazo. Falta de aprecio o poca estimación.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for menosprecio, with forms such as "emnosprecio", "mennosprecio", and "menopsrecio". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "menospreciar", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 menosprecio, spelled M-E-N-O-S-P-R-E-C-I-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acto de tener en poco, de considerar inferior o desvalorar algo o a alguien, incluso llegando al rechazo. Falta de aprecio o poca estimación.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emnosprecio,mennosprecio,menopsrecio,menospercio,menospprecio,menosprceio,menospreccio,menosprecoi,menospreico,menospresio,menosprrecio,menosrpecio,menossprecio,mensoprecio,meonsprecio,mmenosprecio,mneosprecio

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for menosprecio

Misspelling Variants of "menosprecio"

emnosprecio11mennosprecio12menopsrecio11menospercio11menospprecio12menosprceio11menospreccio12menosprecoi11
Misspelling Variants of "menosprecio"

Frequency rank: #35,618 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "menosprecio"?
"menosprecio" is spelled M-E-N-O-S-P-R-E-C-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is [menosˈpɾesjo].
What does "menosprecio" mean?
As a noun, "menosprecio" means: Acto de tener en poco, de considerar inferior o desvalorar algo o a alguien, incluso llegando al rechazo. Falta de aprecio o poca estimación.
What words are commonly confused with "menosprecio"?
"menosprecio" is commonly confused with "menospreciar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "menosprecio"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "menosprecio" is [menosˈpɾesjo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "menosprecio" come from?
"menosprecio" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.