responsable

/[respõnˈsaβ̞le]/ adj

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,394

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

responsable is anSpanishadj. It means: Persona capaz y comprometida a responder por los actos propios o ajenos. Pronounced [respõnˈsaβ̞le]. It ranks #1,394 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with responsables.

Key facts for responsable
PropertyValue
Headwordresponsable
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[respõnˈsaβ̞le]
Letters11
Frequency rank#1,394
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for responsable is 11 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [respõnˈsaβ̞le]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,394 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 18 documented wrong-spelling variants for responsable, with forms such as "ersponsable", "repsonsable", and "resopnsable". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "responsables", 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 responsable, spelled R-E-S-P-O-N-S-A-B-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Persona capaz y comprometida a responder por los actos propios o ajenos.
  2. 2
    Persona cabalmente cumplidora de sus deberes y obligaciones.
  3. 3
    Agente causante de alguna circunstancia generalmente desfavorable.
  4. 4
    Persona sensata, capaz de sopesar las consecuencias antes de tomar una decisión, de un modo especial en asuntos delicados.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ersponsable,repsonsable,resopnsable,respnosable,responasble,responnsable,responsabble,responsabel,responsablle,responsalbe,responsavle,responsbale,responssable,resposnable,respponsable,ressponsable,rresponsable,rseponsable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for responsable

Misspelling Variants of "responsable"

ersponsable11repsonsable11resopnsable11respnosable11responasble11responnsable12responsabble12responsabel11
Misspelling Variants of "responsable"

Frequency rank: #1,394 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "responsable"?
"responsable" is spelled R-E-S-P-O-N-S-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [respõnˈsaβ̞le].
What does "responsable" mean?
As an adj, "responsable" means: Persona capaz y comprometida a responder por los actos propios o ajenos.
What words are commonly confused with "responsable"?
"responsable" is commonly confused with "responsables". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "responsable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "responsable" is [respõnˈsaβ̞le]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "responsable" come from?
"responsable" 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.