Seattle
[seˈat̪t̪le]
The verdict
“Seattle” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #13,141 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #13,141
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ciudad más poblada del estado de Washington, Estados Unidos.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Seattle |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [seˈat̪t̪le] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #13,141 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Seattle” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Seattle is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [seˈat̪t̪le]. Corpus data places it at rank #13,141 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Ciudad más poblada del estado de Washington, Estados Unidos.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Seattle, with forms such as "ceattle", "esattle", and "saettle". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is Seattle, spelled S-E-A-T-T-L-E.
Definition
- 1Ciudad más poblada del estado de Washington, Estados Unidos.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ceattle,esattle,saettle,seatle,seatlte,seattel,seattlle,setatle,sseattle
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Seattle - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Seattle”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-E-A-T-T-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [seˈat̪t̪le] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.