neocolonialismo

/[neokolonjaˈlismo]/ noun

Letters

15 characters

Frequency Rank

#73,892

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

neocolonialismo is aSpanishnoun. It means: 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... Pronounced [neokolonjaˈlismo].

Key facts for neocolonialismo
PropertyValue
Headwordneocolonialismo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[neokolonjaˈlismo]
Letters15
Frequency rank#73,892
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for neocolonialismo is 15 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [neokolonjaˈlismo]. Corpus data places it at rank #73,892 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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...".

No misspelling variants are generated for neocolonialismo in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 neocolonialismo, spelled N-E-O-C-O-L-O-N-I-A-L-I-S-M-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    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 métodos indirectos como el control del mercado, imposiciones culturales o la globalización.

Frequency rank: #73,892 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "neocolonialismo"?
"neocolonialismo" is spelled N-E-O-C-O-L-O-N-I-A-L-I-S-M-O. The IPA pronunciation is [neokolonjaˈlismo].
What does "neocolonialismo" mean?
As a noun, "neocolonialismo" means: 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...
How do you pronounce "neocolonialismo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "neocolonialismo" is [neokolonjaˈlismo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "neocolonialismo" come from?
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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.