paleozoico

[paleoˈsojko]

/[paleoˈsojko]/ adj

The verdict

“paleozoico” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #82,273 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.

#82,273
frequency rank, Spanish
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Perteneciente o relacionado con el período geológico de unos 345 millones de años de duración, que se inició hace unos 570 millones de años y acabó hace unos 225 millones de años, se divide en cámb...

Key facts for paleozoico
PropertyValue
Headwordpaleozoico
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[paleoˈsojko]
Letters10
Frequency rank#82,273
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “paleozoico” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). paleozoico lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for paleozoico is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [paleoˈsojko]. Corpus data places it at rank #82,273 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Perteneciente o relacionado con el período geológico de unos 345 millones de años de duración, que se inició hace unos 570 millones de años y acabó hace unos 225 millones de años, se divide en cámb...".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for paleozoico, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is paleozoico, spelled P-A-L-E-O-Z-O-I-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Perteneciente o relacionado con el período geológico de unos 345 millones de años de duración, que se inició hace unos 570 millones de años y acabó hace unos 225 millones de años, se divide en cámbrico, silúrico, devónico, carbonífero y pérmico.

This word in other languages

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 "paleozoico"?
"paleozoico" is spelled P-A-L-E-O-Z-O-I-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is [paleoˈsojko].
What does "paleozoico" mean?
As an adjective, "paleozoico" means: Perteneciente o relacionado con el período geológico de unos 345 millones de años de duración, que se inició hace unos 570 millones de años y acabó hace unos 225 millones de años, se divide en cámb...
How do you pronounce "paleozoico"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "paleozoico" is [paleoˈsojko]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "paleozoico" come from?
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Using “paleozoico”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is P-A-L-E-O-Z-O-I-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [paleoˈsojko] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list