neocolonialismo
[neokolonjaˈlismo]
The verdict
“neocolonialismo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #73,892 among 7,828 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,892
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,828
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Práctica geopolítica llevada a cabo por un Estado cuyo objetivo es la restauración de la hegemonía colonialista sobre otro Estado que formalmente es independiente, mediante la utilización de método...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | neocolonialismo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [neokolonjaˈlismo] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #73,892 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “neocolonialismo” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
neocolonialismo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #73,892 among 7,828 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [neokolonjaˈlismo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Práctica geopolítica llevada a cabo por un Estado cuyo objetivo es la restauración de la hegemonía colonialista sobre otro Estado que formalmente es independiente, mediante la utilización de método...".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for neocolonialismo, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is neocolonialismo, spelled N-E-O-C-O-L-O-N-I-A-L-I-S-M-O.
Definition
- 1Práctica geopolítica llevada a cabo por un Estado cuyo objetivo es la restauración de la hegemonía colonialista sobre otro Estado que formalmente es independiente, mediante la utilización de métodos indirectos como el control del mercado, imposiciones culturales o la globalización.
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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- The one correct Spanish spelling is N-E-O-C-O-L-O-N-I-A-L-I-S-M-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.