microprocesador
[mikɾopɾosesaˈð̞oɾ]
The verdict
“microprocesador” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #64,782 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,782
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Unidad de procesamiento principal de un ordenador, encargada de ejecutar la secuencia de instrucciones de los programas.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | microprocesador |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [mikɾopɾosesaˈð̞oɾ] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #64,782 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “microprocesador” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
microprocesador is uncommon Spanish at frequency #64,782 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [mikɾopɾosesaˈð̞oɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unidad de procesamiento principal de un ordenador, encargada de ejecutar la secuencia de instrucciones de los programas.".
microprocesador doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is microprocesador, spelled M-I-C-R-O-P-R-O-C-E-S-A-D-O-R.
Definition
- 1Unidad de procesamiento principal de un ordenador, encargada de ejecutar la secuencia de instrucciones de los programas.
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 “microprocesador”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-I-C-R-O-P-R-O-C-E-S-A-D-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [mikɾopɾosesaˈð̞oɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.