observado

/[oβ̞seɾˈβ̞að̞o]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,003

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

observado is aSpanishverb. It means: Participio de observar. Pronounced [oβ̞seɾˈβ̞að̞o]. It ranks #9,003 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with observo and observar.

Key facts for observado
PropertyValue
Headwordobservado
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[oβ̞seɾˈβ̞að̞o]
Letters9
Frequency rank#9,003
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for observado is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [oβ̞seɾˈβ̞að̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,003 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Participio de observar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for observado, with forms such as "boservado", "obbservado", and "obcervado". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "observo", "observar", "observan", 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 observado, spelled O-B-S-E-R-V-A-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participio de observar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: boservado,obbservado,obcervado,obesrvado,obseravdo,obserbado,obserrvado,observaddo,observaod,observdao,observvado,obsevrado,obsrevado,obsservado,osbervado,ovservado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for observado

Misspelling Variants of "observado"

boservado9obbservado10obcervado9obesrvado9obseravdo9obserbado9obserrvado10observaddo10
Misspelling Variants of "observado"

Frequency rank: #9,003 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "observado"?
"observado" is spelled O-B-S-E-R-V-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [oβ̞seɾˈβ̞að̞o].
What does "observado" mean?
As a verb, "observado" means: Participio de observar.
What words are commonly confused with "observado"?
"observado" is commonly confused with "observo", "observar", "observan". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "observado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "observado" is [oβ̞seɾˈβ̞að̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "observado" come from?
"observado" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter O in our Spanish index:

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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.