reloj

/[reˈlox]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,440

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

reloj is aSpanishnoun. It means: Máquina dotada de movimiento uniforme, que sirve para medir el tiempo o dividir el día en horas, minutos y segundos. Un peso o un muelle produce, por lo común, el movimiento, que se regula con un p... Pronounced [reˈlox]. It ranks #3,440 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with reo and reto.

Key facts for reloj
PropertyValue
Headwordreloj
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[reˈlox]
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,440
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for reloj is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [reˈlox]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,440 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 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for reloj, with forms such as "erloj", "reljo", and "relloj". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "reo", "reto", "rezo", 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 reloj, spelled R-E-L-O-J, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Máquina dotada de movimiento uniforme, que sirve para medir el tiempo o dividir el día en horas, minutos y segundos. Un peso o un muelle produce, por lo común, el movimiento, que se regula con un péndulo o un volante, y se transmite a las manecillas por medio de varias ruedas dentadas. Según sus dimensiones, colocación o uso, así el reloj se denomina de torre, de pared, de sobremesa, de bolsillo, de muñeca, etc.
  2. 2
    En un circuito digital, la señal que coordina y establece el ritmo al que los subcircuitos secuenciales realizarán sus operaciones o sus transiciones a nuevos estados.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erloj,reljo,relloj,relojj,reolj,rleoj,rreloj

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for reloj

Misspelling Variants of "reloj"

erloj5reljo5relloj6relojj6reolj5rleoj5rreloj6
Misspelling Variants of "reloj"

Frequency rank: #3,440 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "reloj"?
"reloj" is spelled R-E-L-O-J. The IPA pronunciation is [reˈlox].
What does "reloj" mean?
As a noun, "reloj" means: Máquina dotada de movimiento uniforme, que sirve para medir el tiempo o dividir el día en horas, minutos y segundos. Un peso o un muelle produce, por lo común, el movimiento, que se regula con un p...
What words are commonly confused with "reloj"?
"reloj" is commonly confused with "reo", "reto", "rezo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "reloj"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "reloj" is [reˈlox]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "reloj" come from?
"reloj" 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.