recepcionista
[resepsjoˈnist̪a]
The verdict
“recepcionista” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #28,138 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #28,138
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 13
- letters
- 20
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Persona que se ocupa de la atención al público en una oficina de recepción.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | recepcionista |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [resepsjoˈnist̪a] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #28,138 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “recepcionista” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for recepcionista is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [resepsjoˈnist̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #28,138 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Persona que se ocupa de la atención al público en una oficina de recepción.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for recepcionista, with forms such as "ercepcionista", "rceepcionista", and "reccepcionista". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is recepcionista, spelled R-E-C-E-P-C-I-O-N-I-S-T-A.
Definition
- 1Persona que se ocupa de la atención al público en una oficina de recepción.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ercepcionista,rceepcionista,reccepcionista,rececpionista,recepccionista,recepcinoista,recepcioinsta,recepcionisat,recepcionissta,recepcionistta,recepcionitsa,recepcionnista,recepcionsita,recepcoinista,recepiconista,receppcionista,recpecionista,reecpcionista,resepsionista,rrecepcionista
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of recepcionista - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “recepcionista”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is R-E-C-E-P-C-I-O-N-I-S-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [resepsjoˈnist̪a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.