sacramento

/[sakɾaˈmẽn̪t̪o]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,248

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

sacramento is aSpanishnoun. It means: En la Iglesia Católica y otras denominaciones cristianas, signo sensible de un efecto espiritual e interior que Dios obra en las almas y es causante de la gracia. Son siete signos. Pronounced [sakɾaˈmẽn̪t̪o]. Often confused with salvamento and sacramentos.

Key facts for sacramento
PropertyValue
Headwordsacramento
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[sakɾaˈmẽn̪t̪o]
Letters10
Frequency rank#12,248
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for sacramento is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [sakɾaˈmẽn̪t̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,248 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for sacramento, with forms such as "ascramento", "sacarmento", and "saccramento". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "salvamento", "sacramentos", 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 sacramento, spelled S-A-C-R-A-M-E-N-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    En la Iglesia Católica y otras denominaciones cristianas, signo sensible de un efecto espiritual e interior que Dios obra en las almas y es causante de la gracia. Son siete signos.
  2. 2
    Cristo sacramentado en la Eucaristía, según el catolicismo y otros cristianos.
  3. 3
    Factura pequeña cortada longitudinalmente en dos mitades entre las que se coloca algún relleno, frecuentemente jamón y queso.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ascramento,sacarmento,saccramento,sacraemnto,sacramennto,sacramenot,sacramentto,sacrametno,sacrammento,sacramneto,sacrmaento,sacrramento,sarcamento,scaramento,ssacramento

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sacramento

Misspelling Variants of "sacramento"

ascramento10sacarmento10saccramento11sacraemnto10sacramennto11sacramenot10sacramentto11sacrametno10
Misspelling Variants of "sacramento"

Frequency rank: #12,248 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sacramento"?
"sacramento" is spelled S-A-C-R-A-M-E-N-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [sakɾaˈmẽn̪t̪o].
What does "sacramento" mean?
As a noun, "sacramento" means: En la Iglesia Católica y otras denominaciones cristianas, signo sensible de un efecto espiritual e interior que Dios obra en las almas y es causante de la gracia. Son siete signos.
What words are commonly confused with "sacramento"?
"sacramento" is commonly confused with "salvamento", "sacramentos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sacramento"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sacramento" is [sakɾaˈmẽn̪t̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sacramento" come from?
"sacramento" 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.