reflejo

/[reˈflexo]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,883

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

reflejo is anSpanishadj. It means: Que ha sufrido una reflexión, que ha sido reflejado. Pronounced [reˈflexo]. It ranks #5,883 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with relevo and relajo.

Key facts for reflejo
PropertyValue
Headwordreflejo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[reˈflexo]
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,883
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for reflejo is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [reˈflexo]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,883 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for reflejo, with forms such as "erflejo", "refeljo", and "refflejo". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "relevo", "relajo", "relleno", 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 reflejo, spelled R-E-F-L-E-J-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que ha sufrido una reflexión, que ha sido reflejado.
  2. 2
    Que se produce de forma involuntaria y automática como respuesta a un estímulo.
  3. 3
    Se dice del dolor que se percibe en un lugar diferente al punto sensible afectado.
  4. 4
    Se dice del verbo que se construye con un pronombre átono que concuerda con el sujeto.
  5. 5
    Se dice del verbo que construye con el pronombre reflexivo.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erflejo,refeljo,refflejo,reflejjo,refleoj,refljeo,refllejo,relfejo,rfelejo,rreflejo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for reflejo

Misspelling Variants of "reflejo"

erflejo7refeljo7refflejo8reflejjo8refleoj7refljeo7refllejo8relfejo7
Misspelling Variants of "reflejo"

Frequency rank: #5,883 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "reflejo"?
"reflejo" is spelled R-E-F-L-E-J-O. The IPA pronunciation is [reˈflexo].
What does "reflejo" mean?
As an adj, "reflejo" means: Que ha sufrido una reflexión, que ha sido reflejado.
What words are commonly confused with "reflejo"?
"reflejo" is commonly confused with "relevo", "relajo", "relleno". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "reflejo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "reflejo" is [reˈflexo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "reflejo" come from?
"reflejo" 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.