reostato
[reosˈt̪at̪o]
The verdict
“reostato” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrumento para variar la resistencia de un circuito eléctrico, similar a un potenciómetro pero de dimensiones mayores y con mayor capacidad para disipar potencia.
Corpus desk
Index ES-reostato · reostato · Spanish
reostato · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | reostato |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [reosˈt̪at̪o] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “reostato” en español
Rare enough to double-check
reostato is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [reosˈt̪at̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Instrumento para variar la resistencia de un circuito eléctrico, similar a un potenciómetro pero de dimensiones mayores y con mayor capacidad para disipar potencia.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for reostato, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is reostato, spelled R-E-O-S-T-A-T-O.
Definition
- 1Instrumento para variar la resistencia de un circuito eléctrico, similar a un potenciómetro pero de dimensiones mayores y con mayor capacidad para disipar potencia.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.