plagio

/[ˈplaxjo]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,790

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

plagio is aSpanishnoun. It means: Apropiación ilícita y divulgación parcial o total de obras ajenas. Pronounced [ˈplaxjo]. Often confused with plazo and plano.

Key facts for plagio
PropertyValue
Headwordplagio
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈplaxjo]
Letters6
Frequency rank#17,790
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for plagio is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for plagio, with forms such as "lpagio", "palgio", and "plaggio". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "plazo", "plano", "plato", 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 plagio, spelled P-L-A-G-I-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Apropiación ilícita y divulgación parcial o total de obras ajenas.
  2. 2
    Infracción 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.
  3. 3
    Por extensión, la obra plagiada.
  4. 4
    Secuestro de personas con el fin de obtener dinero para dejarlas libres.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lpagio,palgio,plaggio,plagoi,plaigo,plgaio,pllagio,pplagio

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for plagio

Misspelling Variants of "plagio"

lpagio6palgio6plaggio7plagoi6plaigo6plgaio6pllagio7pplagio7
Misspelling Variants of "plagio"

Frequency rank: #17,790 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "plagio"?
"plagio" is spelled P-L-A-G-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈplaxjo].
What does "plagio" mean?
As a noun, "plagio" means: Apropiación ilícita y divulgación parcial o total de obras ajenas.
What words are commonly confused with "plagio"?
"plagio" is commonly confused with "plazo", "plano", "plato". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "plagio"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plagio" is [ˈplaxjo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "plagio" come from?
"plagio" 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.