meticuloso

/[met̪ikuˈloso]/ adj

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#44,314

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

meticuloso is anSpanishadj. It means: Que se caracteriza por una esmerada atención o precisión en los detalles. Pronounced [met̪ikuˈloso]. Often confused with meticulosa.

Key facts for meticuloso
PropertyValue
Headwordmeticuloso
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[met̪ikuˈloso]
Letters10
Frequency rank#44,314
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for meticuloso is 10 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [met̪ikuˈloso]. Corpus data places it at rank #44,314 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for meticuloso, with forms such as "emticuloso", "meitculoso", and "metciuloso". 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, "meticulosa", 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 meticuloso, spelled M-E-T-I-C-U-L-O-S-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que se caracteriza por una esmerada atención o precisión en los detalles.
  2. 2
    Que actúa con temor o miedo.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emticuloso,meitculoso,metciuloso,meticculoso,meticluoso,meticulloso,meticuloos,meticulosso,meticulsoo,meticuolso,metiucloso,metticuloso,mmeticuloso,mteiculoso

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for meticuloso

Misspelling Variants of "meticuloso"

emticuloso10meitculoso10metciuloso10meticculoso11meticluoso10meticulloso11meticuloos10meticulosso11
Misspelling Variants of "meticuloso"

Frequency rank: #44,314 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "meticuloso"?
"meticuloso" is spelled M-E-T-I-C-U-L-O-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is [met̪ikuˈloso].
What does "meticuloso" mean?
As an adj, "meticuloso" means: Que se caracteriza por una esmerada atención o precisión en los detalles.
What words are commonly confused with "meticuloso"?
"meticuloso" is commonly confused with "meticulosa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "meticuloso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "meticuloso" is [met̪ikuˈloso]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "meticuloso" come from?
"meticuloso" 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.