método
Letters
6 characters
Frequency Rank
#1,947
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
8
tracked variants
Confusables
17
similar word pairs
método is aSpanishnoun. It means: Procedimiento, técnica o manera de hacer algo, en especial si se hace siguiendo un plan, o de forma sistemática, ordenada y lógica. Pronounced [ˈmet̪oð̞o]. It ranks #1,947 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with modo and metro.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | método |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmet̪oð̞o] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,947 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for método is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmet̪oð̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,947 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for método, with forms such as "mmétodo", "mtéodo", and "méotdo". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "modo", "metro", "métodos", 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, 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 método, spelled M-É-T-O-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Procedimiento, técnica o manera de hacer algo, en especial si se hace siguiendo un plan, o de forma sistemática, ordenada y lógica.
- 2Lista ordenada de partes o pasos para lograr un fin.
- 3Procedimientos y técnicas característicos de una disciplina o rama del saber.
- 4En programación orientada a objetos un método es el equivalente a una función o procedimiento asociado a una clase o a un objeto.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: mmétodo,mtéodo,méotdo,métdoo,métoddo,métood,méttodo,émtodo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for método
Misspelling Variants of "método"
Frequency rank: #1,947 in Spanish
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Nearby Spanish words
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