ritmo

/[ˈrit̪mo]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,423

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

ritmo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Un golpeteo regular o su sonido. Pronounced [ˈrit̪mo]. It ranks #2,423 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with roto and rito.

Key facts for ritmo
PropertyValue
Headwordritmo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈrit̪mo]
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,423
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for ritmo is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈrit̪mo]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,423 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for ritmo, with forms such as "irtmo", "rimto", and "ritmmo". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "roto", "rito", "romo", 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 ritmo, spelled R-I-T-M-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Un golpeteo regular o su sonido.
  2. 2
    Una sucesión de sonidos musicales que conservan una relación constante entre los tiempos de sus movimientos.
  3. 3
    Las notas musicales contenidas entre dos barras verticales en el pentagrama.
  4. 4
    Velocidad de una sucesión de movimientos o tareas.
  5. 5
    Patrón estético, regular que se repite en la sucesión de sonidos, voces, pausas, etc.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: irtmo,rimto,ritmmo,ritom,rittmo,rritmo,rtimo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ritmo

Misspelling Variants of "ritmo"

irtmo5rimto5ritmmo6ritom5rittmo6rritmo6rtimo5
Misspelling Variants of "ritmo"

Frequency rank: #2,423 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ritmo"?
"ritmo" is spelled R-I-T-M-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈrit̪mo].
What does "ritmo" mean?
As a noun, "ritmo" means: Un golpeteo regular o su sonido.
What words are commonly confused with "ritmo"?
"ritmo" is commonly confused with "roto", "rito", "romo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ritmo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ritmo" is [ˈrit̪mo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ritmo" come from?
"ritmo" 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.