monitor

/[moniˈt̪oɾ]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,462

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

monitor is aSpanishnoun. It means: Persona encargada de guiar y orientar a un grupo de personas. Pronounced [moniˈt̪oɾ]. It ranks #7,462 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with motor and monto.

Key facts for monitor
PropertyValue
Headwordmonitor
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[moniˈt̪oɾ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,462
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for monitor is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [moniˈt̪oɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,462 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 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for monitor, with forms such as "mmonitor", "mnoitor", and "mointor". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "motor", "monto", "montón", 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 monitor, spelled M-O-N-I-T-O-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Persona encargada de guiar y orientar a un grupo de personas.
  2. 2
    Persona que amonesta o avisa.
  3. 3
    Cierto subalterno que acompañaba al orador romano en el foro, con el encargo de recordarle y presentarle los documentos y objetos de que debía servirse en su peroración.
  4. 4
    Esclavo que acompañaba a su señor en las calles para recordarle los nombres de las personas a quienes iba encontrando.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmonitor,mnoitor,mointor,moniotr,monitorr,monitro,monittor,monnitor,montior,omnitor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for monitor

Misspelling Variants of "monitor"

mmonitor8mnoitor7mointor7moniotr7monitorr8monitro7monittor8monnitor8
Misspelling Variants of "monitor"

Frequency rank: #7,462 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "monitor"?
"monitor" is spelled M-O-N-I-T-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [moniˈt̪oɾ].
What does "monitor" mean?
As a noun, "monitor" means: Persona encargada de guiar y orientar a un grupo de personas.
What words are commonly confused with "monitor"?
"monitor" is commonly confused with "motor", "monto", "montón". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "monitor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "monitor" is [moniˈt̪oɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "monitor" come from?
"monitor" 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.