respeto

/[resˈpet̪o]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#949

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

respeto is aSpanishnoun. It means: Reconocimiento que uno hace de las cualidades superiores de una persona, tales como su posición social o moral, que se acompaña de obediencia y una especie de veneración hacia ella. Pronounced [resˈpet̪o]. It ranks #949 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with resto and resulto.

Key facts for respeto
PropertyValue
Headwordrespeto
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[resˈpet̪o]
Letters7
Frequency rank#949
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for respeto is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [resˈpet̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #949 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.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 respeto, with forms such as "erspeto", "repseto", and "resepto". 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, "resto", "resulto", "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 respeto, spelled R-E-S-P-E-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Reconocimiento que uno hace de las cualidades superiores de una persona, tales como su posición social o moral, que se acompaña de obediencia y una especie de veneración hacia ella.
  2. 2
    Cuidado que se pone en no ofender la susceptibilidad o los derechos de otros.
  3. 3
    Cuidado que se pone en no dañar alguna cosa.
  4. 4
    Sentimiento de admiración hacia cosas o personas.
  5. 5
    Sentimiento de temor.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erspeto,repseto,resepto,respeot,respetto,resppeto,respteo,resspeto,rrespeto,rsepeto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for respeto

Misspelling Variants of "respeto"

erspeto7repseto7resepto7respeot7respetto8resppeto8respteo7resspeto8
Misspelling Variants of "respeto"

Frequency rank: #949 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "respeto"?
"respeto" is spelled R-E-S-P-E-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [resˈpet̪o].
What does "respeto" mean?
As a noun, "respeto" means: Reconocimiento que uno hace de las cualidades superiores de una persona, tales como su posición social o moral, que se acompaña de obediencia y una especie de veneración hacia ella.
What words are commonly confused with "respeto"?
"respeto" is commonly confused with "resto", "resulto", "resuelto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "respeto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "respeto" is [resˈpet̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "respeto" come from?
"respeto" 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.