patronímico
[pat̪ɾoˈnimiko]
The verdict
“patronímico” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #96,629 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #96,629
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Designación de filiación o linaje como segundo nombre o apellido de hijos u otros descendientes, derivado del respectivo nombre del padre o de algún ancestro.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | patronímico |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [pat̪ɾoˈnimiko] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #96,629 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “patronímico” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for patronímico is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pat̪ɾoˈnimiko]. Corpus data places it at rank #96,629 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Designación de filiación o linaje como segundo nombre o apellido de hijos u otros descendientes, derivado del respectivo nombre del padre o de algún ancestro.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for patronímico, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is patronímico, spelled P-A-T-R-O-N-Í-M-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1Designación de filiación o linaje como segundo nombre o apellido de hijos u otros descendientes, derivado del respectivo nombre del padre o de algún ancestro.
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.
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Using “patronímico”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-A-T-R-O-N-Í-M-I-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pat̪ɾoˈnimiko] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.