octavo

/[okˈt̪aβ̞o]/ num

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,504

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

octavo is aSpanishnum. It means: Que ocupa el puesto siguiente al séptimo en una serie ordenada. Ordinal del ocho. Pronounced [okˈt̪aβ̞o]. It ranks #9,504 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with optado and octavos.

Key facts for octavo
PropertyValue
Headwordoctavo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNum
IPA[okˈt̪aβ̞o]
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,504
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for octavo is 6 letters long, classified as anum, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [okˈt̪aβ̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,504 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 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for octavo, with forms such as "cotavo", "ocatvo", and "occtavo". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "optado", "octavos", "ocaso", 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 octavo, spelled O-C-T-A-V-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que ocupa el puesto siguiente al séptimo en una serie ordenada. Ordinal del ocho.
  2. 2
    Que es una de las ocho partes iguales en las que se divide algo.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cotavo,ocatvo,occtavo,octabo,octaov,octavvo,octtavo,octvao,otcavo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for octavo

Misspelling Variants of "octavo"

cotavo6ocatvo6occtavo7octabo6octaov6octavvo7octtavo7octvao6
Misspelling Variants of "octavo"

Frequency rank: #9,504 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "octavo"?
"octavo" is spelled O-C-T-A-V-O. The IPA pronunciation is [okˈt̪aβ̞o].
What does "octavo" mean?
As a num, "octavo" means: Que ocupa el puesto siguiente al séptimo en una serie ordenada. Ordinal del ocho.
What words are commonly confused with "octavo"?
"octavo" is commonly confused with "optado", "octavos", "ocaso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "octavo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "octavo" is [okˈt̪aβ̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "octavo" come from?
"octavo" 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.