salterio
[sal̪ˈt̪eɾjo]
The verdict
“salterio” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #74,917 among 34,953 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,917
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,953
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Instrumento de cuerda que consiste en una caja de resonancia sobre la que se extienden las cuerdas, que son pulsadas con púas o los dedos o bien percutidas con palos, macillos, etc. El percutor pue...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | salterio |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [sal̪ˈt̪eɾjo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #74,917 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “salterio” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
salterio is uncommon Spanish at frequency #74,917 among 34,953 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [sal̪ˈt̪eɾjo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for salterio in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is salterio, spelled S-A-L-T-E-R-I-O.
Definition
- 1Instrumento de cuerda que consiste en una caja de resonancia sobre la que se extienden las cuerdas, que son pulsadas con púas o los dedos o bien percutidas con palos, macillos, etc. El percutor puede ser una varilla metálica o de madera que golpea una cuerda creando melodías (como en el caso de la celesta, cítara, santur persa) o bien un grupo de cuerdas creando un acompañamiento rítmico.
- 2Compendio o colección de salmos, composiciones líricas musicales sagradas, que puede hacer referencia a distintas colecciones de himnos musicales de ese género.
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 “salterio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-A-L-T-E-R-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [sal̪ˈt̪eɾjo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.