privado

/[pɾiˈβ̞að̞o]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,526

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

privado is anSpanishadj. It means: Propio de o restringido a la intimidad de una persona y su círculo. Pronounced [pɾiˈβ̞að̞o]. It ranks #1,526 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with privar and probado.

Key facts for privado
PropertyValue
Headwordprivado
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[pɾiˈβ̞að̞o]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,526
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for privado is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɾiˈβ̞að̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,526 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for privado, with forms such as "pirvado", "pprivado", and "priavdo". 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, "privar", "probado", "private", 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 privado, spelled P-R-I-V-A-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Propio de o restringido a la intimidad de una persona y su círculo.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, que se realiza en el entorno privado₂ de alguien
  3. 3
    Dicho de un servicio o actividad, poseído y gestionado por una entidad distinta del estado. Para ingresar o usar las mismas se ha de pagar una tarifa como usuarios o bien solicitar patrocinio o auspicio. :*Antónimos: estatal, público.
  4. 4
    Propio de o relativo a las relaciones jurídicas entre partes que no cuentan con carácter oficial o estatal.
  5. 5
    Muy alegre.
  6. 6
    Fuera de sí a causa del enojo.
  7. 7
    Que ha perdido de forma temporal y repentina la conciencia y el tono postural.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: pirvado,pprivado,priavdo,pribado,privaddo,privaod,privdao,privvado,prrivado,prviado,rpivado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for privado

Misspelling Variants of "privado"

pirvado7pprivado8priavdo7pribado7privaddo8privaod7privdao7privvado8
Misspelling Variants of "privado"

Frequency rank: #1,526 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "privado"?
"privado" is spelled P-R-I-V-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [pɾiˈβ̞að̞o].
What does "privado" mean?
As an adj, "privado" means: Propio de o restringido a la intimidad de una persona y su círculo.
What words are commonly confused with "privado"?
"privado" is commonly confused with "privar", "probado", "private". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "privado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "privado" is [pɾiˈβ̞að̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "privado" come from?
"privado" 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.