respecto

/[resˈpekt̪o]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#460

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

respecto is aSpanishnoun. It means: Relación de una cosa con otra, o con un tema más general; proporción, sentido o razón entre dos cosas. Pronounced [resˈpekt̪o]. It ranks #460 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with respeto and respeta.

Key facts for respecto
PropertyValue
Headwordrespecto
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[resˈpekt̪o]
Letters8
Frequency rank#460
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for respecto is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [resˈpekt̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #460 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for respecto, with forms such as "erspecto", "repsecto", and "resepcto". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "respeto", "respeta", "resuelto", 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 respecto, spelled R-E-S-P-E-C-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relación de una cosa con otra, o con un tema más general; proporción, sentido o razón entre dos cosas.
  2. 2
    Aspecto, elemento, área o segmento de algo.
  3. 3
    Forma antigua, hoy desusada, de respeto (consideración, actitud de deferencia o veneración).

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erspecto,repsecto,resepcto,respceto,respeccto,respecot,respectto,respetco,resppecto,resspecto,rrespecto,rsepecto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for respecto

Misspelling Variants of "respecto"

erspecto8repsecto8resepcto8respceto8respeccto9respecot8respectto9respetco8
Misspelling Variants of "respecto"

Frequency rank: #460 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "respecto"?
"respecto" is spelled R-E-S-P-E-C-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [resˈpekt̪o].
What does "respecto" mean?
As a noun, "respecto" means: Relación de una cosa con otra, o con un tema más general; proporción, sentido o razón entre dos cosas.
What words are commonly confused with "respecto"?
"respecto" is commonly confused with "respeto", "respeta", "resuelto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "respecto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "respecto" is [resˈpekt̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "respecto" come from?
"respecto" 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.