santuario

/[sãn̪ˈt̪waɾjo]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,913

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

santuario is aSpanishnoun. It means: Templo destinado al culto de un santo, profeta u otra figura importante. Pronounced [sãn̪ˈt̪waɾjo]. It ranks #7,913 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with santuarios and sanitario.

Key facts for santuario
PropertyValue
Headwordsantuario
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[sãn̪ˈt̪waɾjo]
Letters9
Frequency rank#7,913
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for santuario is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [sãn̪ˈt̪waɾjo]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,913 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 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for santuario, with forms such as "asntuario", "sanntuario", and "santaurio". 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, "santuarios", "sanitario", 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 santuario, spelled S-A-N-T-U-A-R-I-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Templo destinado al culto de un santo, profeta u otra figura importante.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, institución dedicada con fervor a una causa.
  3. 3
    Refugio utilizado por un grupo para evitar la persecución o el hostigamiento.
  4. 4
    En los templos católicos, parte anterior del tabernáculo.
  5. 5
    Reserva de dinero u otros objetos de valor que se guarda en secreto.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: asntuario,sanntuario,santaurio,santtuario,santuairo,santuaroi,santuarrio,santuraio,sanutario,satnuario,snatuario,ssantuario

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for santuario

Misspelling Variants of "santuario"

asntuario9sanntuario10santaurio9santtuario10santuairo9santuaroi9santuarrio10santuraio9
Misspelling Variants of "santuario"

Frequency rank: #7,913 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "santuario"?
"santuario" is spelled S-A-N-T-U-A-R-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is [sãn̪ˈt̪waɾjo].
What does "santuario" mean?
As a noun, "santuario" means: Templo destinado al culto de un santo, profeta u otra figura importante.
What words are commonly confused with "santuario"?
"santuario" is commonly confused with "santuarios", "sanitario". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "santuario"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "santuario" is [sãn̪ˈt̪waɾjo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "santuario" come from?
"santuario" 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.