occidente

/[oksiˈð̞ẽn̪t̪e]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,026

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

occidente is aSpanishnoun. It means: Punto cardinal del horizonte, por donde cae el Sol en los días de equinoccio, convencionalmente ubicado a la izquierda de los mapas, a 270° del norte. Pronounced [oksiˈð̞ẽn̪t̪e]. It ranks #4,026 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with occidental.

Key facts for occidente
PropertyValue
Headwordoccidente
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[oksiˈð̞ẽn̪t̪e]
Letters9
Frequency rank#4,026
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for occidente is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [oksiˈð̞ẽn̪t̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,026 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for occidente, with forms such as "cocidente", "occdiente", and "occiddente". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "occidental", 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 occidente, spelled O-C-C-I-D-E-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Punto cardinal del horizonte, por donde cae el Sol en los días de equinoccio, convencionalmente ubicado a la izquierda de los mapas, a 270° del norte.
  2. 2
    Lugar, área, dirección o territorio que se sitúa hacia donde se pone el Sol, respecto de otro con el cual se compara, o en un ángulo de 270° (a la izquierda) de quien mira hacia el norte.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cocidente,occdiente,occiddente,occidenet,occidennte,occidentte,occidetne,occidnete,occiednte,ocicdente,ocidente,ocsidente

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for occidente

Misspelling Variants of "occidente"

cocidente9occdiente9occiddente10occidenet9occidennte10occidentte10occidetne9occidnete9
Misspelling Variants of "occidente"

Frequency rank: #4,026 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "occidente"?
"occidente" is spelled O-C-C-I-D-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [oksiˈð̞ẽn̪t̪e].
What does "occidente" mean?
As a noun, "occidente" means: Punto cardinal del horizonte, por donde cae el Sol en los días de equinoccio, convencionalmente ubicado a la izquierda de los mapas, a 270° del norte.
What words are commonly confused with "occidente"?
"occidente" is commonly confused with "occidental". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "occidente"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "occidente" is [oksiˈð̞ẽn̪t̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "occidente" come from?
"occidente" 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.