planeta

/[plaˈnet̪a]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,585

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

planeta is aSpanishnoun. It means: De acuerdo con la Unión Astronómica International, cualquiera de los siguientes ocho objetos del sistema solar: Mercurio, Venus, Tierra, Marte, Júpiter, Saturno, Urano, y Neptuno. Pronounced [plaˈnet̪a]. It ranks #1,585 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with plata and plant.

Key facts for planeta
PropertyValue
Headwordplaneta
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[plaˈnet̪a]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,585
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for planeta is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [plaˈnet̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,585 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 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 planeta, with forms such as "lpaneta", "palneta", and "plaenta". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "plata", "plant", "planta", 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 planeta, spelled P-L-A-N-E-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    De acuerdo con la Unión Astronómica International, cualquiera de los siguientes ocho objetos del sistema solar: Mercurio, Venus, Tierra, Marte, Júpiter, Saturno, Urano, y Neptuno.
  2. 2
    Objeto celeste cuya órbita tiene como centro una estrella, y carece de la masa suficiente como para permitir la fusión nuclear en su centro pero que dispone de la suficiente para tener una forma esférica y que no es parte de un grupo similar de objetos con órbitas que se traslapan, como en un cinturón de asteroides.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lpaneta,palneta,plaenta,planeat,planetta,planneta,pllaneta,plnaeta,pplaneta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for planeta

Misspelling Variants of "planeta"

lpaneta7palneta7plaenta7planeat7planetta8planneta8pllaneta8plnaeta7
Misspelling Variants of "planeta"

Frequency rank: #1,585 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "planeta"?
"planeta" is spelled P-L-A-N-E-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [plaˈnet̪a].
What does "planeta" mean?
As a noun, "planeta" means: De acuerdo con la Unión Astronómica International, cualquiera de los siguientes ocho objetos del sistema solar: Mercurio, Venus, Tierra, Marte, Júpiter, Saturno, Urano, y Neptuno.
What words are commonly confused with "planeta"?
"planeta" is commonly confused with "plata", "plant", "planta". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "planeta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "planeta" is [plaˈnet̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "planeta" come from?
"planeta" 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.