momento

/[moˈmẽn̪t̪o]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#159

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

momento is aSpanishnoun. It means: Cantidad relativamente corta de tiempo. Pronounced [moˈmẽn̪t̪o]. It ranks #159 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with monto and moreno.

Key facts for momento
PropertyValue
Headwordmomento
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[moˈmẽn̪t̪o]
Letters7
Frequency rank#159
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for momento is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [moˈmẽn̪t̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #159 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for momento, with forms such as "mmoento", "mmomento", and "moemnto". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "monto", "moreno", "moments", 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 momento, spelled M-O-M-E-N-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cantidad relativamente corta de tiempo.
  2. 2
    Período de tiempo extendido que queda caracterizado por una condición o cualidad particular.
  3. 3
    Ocasión, oportunidad que se tiene para concretar algo.
  4. 4
    Magnitud que establece una relación entre uno o varios vectores y un punto, una recta o un plano.
  5. 5
    Cantidad de movimiento.
  6. 6
    Magnitud que resulta del producto vectorial entre el vector de posición del punto de aplicación de la fuerza (con respecto al punto al cual se toma el momento) por el vector fuerza, en ese orden.
  7. 7
    Se define como operatorname M_n(X)= operatorname E[Xⁿ], donde E es la esperanza y n∈ℕ.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmoento,mmomento,moemnto,momennto,momenot,momentto,mometno,mommento,momneto,ommento

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for momento

Misspelling Variants of "momento"

mmoento7mmomento8moemnto7momennto8momenot7momentto8mometno7mommento8
Misspelling Variants of "momento"

Frequency rank: #159 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "momento"?
"momento" is spelled M-O-M-E-N-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [moˈmẽn̪t̪o].
What does "momento" mean?
As a noun, "momento" means: Cantidad relativamente corta de tiempo.
What words are commonly confused with "momento"?
"momento" is commonly confused with "monto", "moreno", "moments". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "momento"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "momento" is [moˈmẽn̪t̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "momento" come from?
"momento" 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.