meteorito

/[met̪eoˈɾit̪o]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#22,094

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

meteorito is aSpanishnoun. It means: Cualquier cuerpo rocoso que logra penetrar en la atmósfera, sin desintegrarse. Pronounced [met̪eoˈɾit̪o]. Often confused with meteoro and meteoritos.

Key facts for meteorito
PropertyValue
Headwordmeteorito
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[met̪eoˈɾit̪o]
Letters9
Frequency rank#22,094
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for meteorito is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [met̪eoˈɾit̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #22,094 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Cualquier cuerpo rocoso que logra penetrar en la atmósfera, sin desintegrarse.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for meteorito, with forms such as "emteorito", "meetorito", and "meteoirto". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "meteoro", "meteoritos", 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 meteorito, spelled M-E-T-E-O-R-I-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cualquier cuerpo rocoso que logra penetrar en la atmósfera, sin desintegrarse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emteorito,meetorito,meteoirto,meteoriot,meteoritto,meteorrito,meteortio,meteroito,metoerito,metteorito,mmeteorito,mteeorito

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for meteorito

Misspelling Variants of "meteorito"

emteorito9meetorito9meteoirto9meteoriot9meteoritto10meteorrito10meteortio9meteroito9
Misspelling Variants of "meteorito"

Frequency rank: #22,094 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "meteorito"?
"meteorito" is spelled M-E-T-E-O-R-I-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [met̪eoˈɾit̪o].
What does "meteorito" mean?
As a noun, "meteorito" means: Cualquier cuerpo rocoso que logra penetrar en la atmósfera, sin desintegrarse.
What words are commonly confused with "meteorito"?
"meteorito" is commonly confused with "meteoro", "meteoritos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "meteorito"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "meteorito" is [met̪eoˈɾit̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "meteorito" come from?
"meteorito" 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.