pacto

[ˈpakt̪o]

/[ˈpakt̪o]/ noun

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The verdict

“pacto” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #3,349. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,349
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acuerdo o tratado entre personas o entidades en donde se comprometen a cumplir lo estipulado.

Corpus desk

Index ES-pacto · pacto · Spanish

pacto · rank #3,349 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,349
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH originales

Nearest frequency peer: originales (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “pacto”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “pacto” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

pacto vs pat
60% similar
pacto vs pao
60% similar
pacto vs poco
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for pacto
PropertyValue
Headwordpacto
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpakt̪o]
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,349
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “pacto”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.pactocae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “originales” (#3,348), “particulares” (#3,350), “once” (#3,347). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “pacto” va en #3,349. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around pacto (IPA [ˈpakt̪o]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,349 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for pacto, with forms such as "apcto", "paccto", and "pacot". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pat", "pao", "poco", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is pacto, spelled P-A-C-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acuerdo o tratado entre personas o entidades en donde se comprometen a cumplir lo estipulado.
  2. 2
    Trato, negociación o convenio.

This word in other languages

pact(English)pacte(Français)Pakt(Deutsch)pacto(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apcto
  • paccto
  • pacot
  • pactto
  • patco
  • pcato
  • ppacto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pacto - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

apcto2paccto1pacot2pactto1patco2pcato2ppacto1
Edit distance from "pacto"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pacto"?
"pacto" is spelled P-A-C-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpakt̪o].
What does "pacto" mean?
As a noun, "pacto" means: Acuerdo o tratado entre personas o entidades en donde se comprometen a cumplir lo estipulado.
What words are commonly confused with "pacto"?
"pacto" is commonly confused with "pat", "pao", "poco". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pacto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pacto" is [ˈpakt̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pacto" come from?
"pacto" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pacto", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

nieve#3,344putas#3,354quise#3,355locos#3,336

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

tonto7 variantsgordo7 variantsvenía7 variantsdamos7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list