plagio
[ˈplaxjo]
The verdict
“plagio” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #17,790 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #17,790
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Apropiación ilícita y divulgación parcial o total de obras ajenas.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | plagio |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈplaxjo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #17,790 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “plagio” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for plagio is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈplaxjo]. Corpus data places it at rank #17,790 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for plagio, with forms such as "lpagio", "palgio", and "plaggio". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "plazo", "plano", "plato", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is plagio, spelled P-L-A-G-I-O.
Definition
- 1Apropiación ilícita y divulgación parcial o total de obras ajenas.
- 2Infracción al derecho de autor acerca de una obra artística o intelectual de cualquier tipo, en la que se incurre cuando se presenta una obra ajena como propia u original.
- 3Por extensión, la obra plagiada.
- 4Secuestro de personas con el fin de obtener dinero para dejarlas libres.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: lpagio,palgio,plaggio,plagoi,plaigo,plgaio,pllagio,pplagio
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of plagio - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “plagio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-L-A-G-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈplaxjo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “plazo” - see the side-by-side comparison. plagio vs plazo
- 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.