reposo

/[reˈposo]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,048

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

reposo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de reposar o de reposarse. Pronounced [reˈposo]. Often confused with retos and rezos.

Key facts for reposo
PropertyValue
Headwordreposo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[reˈposo]
Letters6
Frequency rank#12,048
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for reposo is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [reˈposo]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,048 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for reposo, with forms such as "erposo", "reopso", and "repoos". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "retos", "rezos", "reviso", 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 reposo, spelled R-E-P-O-S-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de reposar o de reposarse.
  2. 2
    Condición de un cuerpo que tiene velocidad cero en un sistema de referencia.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erposo,reopso,repoos,reposso,repposo,repsoo,rpeoso,rreposo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for reposo

Misspelling Variants of "reposo"

erposo6reopso6repoos6reposso7repposo7repsoo6rpeoso6rreposo7
Misspelling Variants of "reposo"

Frequency rank: #12,048 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "reposo"?
"reposo" is spelled R-E-P-O-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is [reˈposo].
What does "reposo" mean?
As a noun, "reposo" means: Acción o efecto de reposar o de reposarse.
What words are commonly confused with "reposo"?
"reposo" is commonly confused with "retos", "rezos", "reviso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "reposo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "reposo" is [reˈposo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "reposo" come from?
"reposo" 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.