respeto
[resˈpet̪o]
The verdict
“respeto” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #949 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #949
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 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.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | respeto |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [resˈpet̪o] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #949 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “respeto” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for respeto is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for respeto, with forms such as "erspeto", "repseto", and "resepto". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "resto", "resulto", "resuelto", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is respeto, spelled R-E-S-P-E-T-O.
Definition
- 1Reconocimiento 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.
- 2Cuidado que se pone en no ofender la susceptibilidad o los derechos de otros.
- 3Cuidado que se pone en no dañar alguna cosa.
- 4Sentimiento de admiración hacia cosas o personas.
- 5Sentimiento de temor.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: erspeto,repseto,resepto,respeot,respetto,resppeto,respteo,resspeto,rrespeto,rsepeto
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of respeto - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “respeto”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is R-E-S-P-E-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [resˈpet̪o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “resto” - see the side-by-side comparison. respeto vs resto
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.