retroalimentación
[ret̪ɾoalimẽn̪t̪aˈsjõn]
The verdict
“retroalimentación” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #23,218 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #23,218
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17
- letters
- 26
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción o efecto de retroalimentar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | retroalimentación |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ret̪ɾoalimẽn̪t̪aˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Frequency rank | #23,218 |
| Misspellings tracked | 26 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “retroalimentación” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for retroalimentación is 17 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ret̪ɾoalimẽn̪t̪aˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #23,218 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Acción o efecto de retroalimentar.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 26 likely wrong-spelling variants for retroalimentación, with forms such as "ertroalimentación", "rertoalimentación", and "retoralimentación". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is retroalimentación, spelled R-E-T-R-O-A-L-I-M-E-N-T-A-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Acción o efecto de retroalimentar.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ertroalimentación,rertoalimentación,retoralimentación,retraolimentación,retroailmentación,retroaliemntación,retroalimenatción,retroalimenntación,retroalimentacción,retroalimentacinó,retroalimentaciónn,retroalimentacóin,retroalimentaicón,retroalimentasión,retroalimentcaión,retroalimenttación,retroalimetnación,retroalimmentación,retroalimnetación,retroallimentación,retroalmientación,retrolaimentación,retrroalimentación,rettroalimentación,rretroalimentación,rteroalimentación
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of retroalimentación - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “retroalimentación”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is R-E-T-R-O-A-L-I-M-E-N-T-A-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ret̪ɾoalimẽn̪t̪aˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.