período

/[peˈɾioð̞o]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,388

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

período is aSpanishnoun. It means: Tiempo que abarca toda la duración de una cosa Pronounced [peˈɾioð̞o]. It ranks #1,388 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with perito and periplo.

Key facts for período
PropertyValue
Headwordperíodo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[peˈɾioð̞o]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,388
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for período is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [peˈɾioð̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,388 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 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 período, with forms such as "epríodo", "peroído", and "perríodo". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "perito", "periplo", "periodos", 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 período, spelled P-E-R-Í-O-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tiempo que abarca toda la duración de una cosa
  2. 2
    Espacio de tiempo que tarda una cosa en volver a su estado inicial
  3. 3
    Parte del ciclo menstrual de las mujeres en las que ocurre el sangrado
  4. 4
    Conjunto de oraciones enlazadas unas con otras por elementos de coordinación o subordinación o yuxtaposicion
  5. 5
    Cifra o grupo de cifras que se presentan en forma de una repetición indefinida después del cociente entero de una división inexacta
  6. 6
    Cada una de las unidades de tiempo geológico en que se dividen las eras geológicas

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epríodo,peroído,perríodo,perídoo,períoddo,períood,peírodo,pperíodo,preíodo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for período

Misspelling Variants of "período"

epríodo7peroído7perríodo8perídoo7períoddo8períood7peírodo7pperíodo8
Misspelling Variants of "período"

Frequency rank: #1,388 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "período"?
"período" is spelled P-E-R-Í-O-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [peˈɾioð̞o].
What does "período" mean?
As a noun, "período" means: Tiempo que abarca toda la duración de una cosa
What words are commonly confused with "período"?
"período" is commonly confused with "perito", "periplo", "periodos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "período"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "período" is [peˈɾioð̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "período" come from?
"período" 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.