respuesta

/[resˈpwest̪a]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#595

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

respuesta is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de responder (en cualquiera de sus acepciones). Pronounced [resˈpwest̪a]. It ranks #595 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with resuelta and respuestas.

Key facts for respuesta
PropertyValue
Headwordrespuesta
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[resˈpwest̪a]
Letters9
Frequency rank#595
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for respuesta is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [resˈpwest̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #595 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for respuesta, with forms such as "erspuesta", "repsuesta", and "respeusta". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "resuelta", "respuestas", "respeta", 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 respuesta, spelled R-E-S-P-U-E-S-T-A, 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 responder (en cualquiera de sus acepciones).
  2. 2
    El contenido mismo del discurso que satisface a una pregunta, duda o dificultad.
  3. 3
    Refutación, contraargumento a lo que otro afirmó.
  4. 4
    Efecto, consecuencia o reacción del público tras una determinada maniobra.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erspuesta,repsuesta,respeusta,resppuesta,respuesat,respuessta,respuestta,respuetsa,respuseta,resspuesta,resupesta,rrespuesta,rsepuesta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for respuesta

Misspelling Variants of "respuesta"

erspuesta9repsuesta9respeusta9resppuesta10respuesat9respuessta10respuestta10respuetsa9
Misspelling Variants of "respuesta"

Frequency rank: #595 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "respuesta"?
"respuesta" is spelled R-E-S-P-U-E-S-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [resˈpwest̪a].
What does "respuesta" mean?
As a noun, "respuesta" means: Acción o efecto de responder (en cualquiera de sus acepciones).
What words are commonly confused with "respuesta"?
"respuesta" is commonly confused with "resuelta", "respuestas", "respeta". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "respuesta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "respuesta" is [resˈpwest̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "respuesta" come from?
"respuesta" 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.