oblicuo
[oˈβ̞likwo]
The verdict
“oblicuo” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #60,210 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #60,210
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Con inclinación o desviación de la línea recta.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oblicuo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [oˈβ̞likwo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #60,210 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “oblicuo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for oblicuo is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [oˈβ̞likwo]. Corpus data places it at rank #60,210 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for oblicuo, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is oblicuo, spelled O-B-L-I-C-U-O.
Definition
- 1Con inclinación o desviación de la línea recta.
- 2Se dice de una figura o de una línea que corta a otra en una dirección torcida, no perpendicular, formando un ángulo que no es recto (de noventa grados).
- 3Se dice de una idea o significación que no se manifiesta de manera directa.
- 4Se dice en general de cualquier caso gramatical, en lenguas con declinaciones, que no es ni vocativo ni nominativo (sujeto de la oración).
This word in other languages
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 “oblicuo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is O-B-L-I-C-U-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [oˈβ̞likwo] (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.