orto

/[ˈoɾt̪o]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,645

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

3

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

orto is aSpanishnoun. It means: Punto geográfico sobre el cual se ve aparecer el sol u otro astro en su salida. Pronounced [ˈoɾt̪o]. It ranks #3,645 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with ot and oso.

Key facts for orto
PropertyValue
Headwordorto
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈoɾt̪o]
Letters4
Frequency rank#3,645
Misspellings tracked3
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for orto is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈoɾt̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,645 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 3 documented wrong-spelling variants for orto, with forms such as "orot", "orrto", and "ortto". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ot", "oso", "out", 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 orto, spelled O-R-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Punto geográfico sobre el cual se ve aparecer el sol u otro astro en su salida.
  2. 2
    Aparición o salida de un astro.

Antonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: orot,orrto,ortto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for orto

Misspelling Variants of "orto"

orot4orrto5ortto5
Misspelling Variants of "orto"

Frequency rank: #3,645 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "orto"?
"orto" is spelled O-R-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈoɾt̪o].
What does "orto" mean?
As a noun, "orto" means: Punto geográfico sobre el cual se ve aparecer el sol u otro astro en su salida.
What words are commonly confused with "orto"?
"orto" is commonly confused with "ot", "oso", "out". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "orto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "orto" is [ˈoɾt̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "orto" come from?
"orto" 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.