robot

/[roˈβ̞ot̪]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,587

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

robot is aSpanishnoun. It means: Máquina automática que ejecuta autónomamente un cierto tipo de tareas, reaccionando inteligentemente a los cambios en su entorno de manera que recuerda a la humana Pronounced [roˈβ̞ot̪]. It ranks #6,587 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with roo and rojo.

Key facts for robot
PropertyValue
Headwordrobot
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[roˈβ̞ot̪]
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,587
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for robot is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [roˈβ̞ot̪]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,587 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for robot, with forms such as "orbot", "rboot", and "robbot". 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, "roo", "rojo", "roto", 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 robot, spelled R-O-B-O-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Máquina automática que ejecuta autónomamente un cierto tipo de tareas, reaccionando inteligentemente a los cambios en su entorno de manera que recuerda a la humana
  2. 2
    Programa informático análogo a un robot₁

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: orbot,rboot,robbot,robott,robto,roobt,rovot,rrobot

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for robot

Misspelling Variants of "robot"

orbot5rboot5robbot6robott6robto5roobt5rovot5rrobot6
Misspelling Variants of "robot"

Frequency rank: #6,587 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "robot"?
"robot" is spelled R-O-B-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is [roˈβ̞ot̪].
What does "robot" mean?
As a noun, "robot" means: Máquina automática que ejecuta autónomamente un cierto tipo de tareas, reaccionando inteligentemente a los cambios en su entorno de manera que recuerda a la humana
What words are commonly confused with "robot"?
"robot" is commonly confused with "roo", "rojo", "roto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "robot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "robot" is [roˈβ̞ot̪]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "robot" come from?
"robot" 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.