second

//sə.ɡɔ̃// num

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#27,007

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

second is aSpanishnum. It means: Segundo₂. Pronounced /sə.ɡɔ̃/. Often confused with send and secos.

Key facts for second
PropertyValue
Headwordsecond
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNum
IPA/sə.ɡɔ̃/
Letters6
Frequency rank#27,007
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for second is 6 letters long, classified as anum, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /sə.ɡɔ̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #27,007 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Segundo₂.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for second, with forms such as "cecond", "escond", and "sceond". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "send", "secos", "seconds", 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 second, spelled S-E-C-O-N-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Segundo₂.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cecond,escond,sceond,seccond,secnod,secodn,secondd,seconnd,seocnd,ssecond

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for second

Misspelling Variants of "second"

cecond6escond6sceond6seccond7secnod6secodn6secondd7seconnd7
Misspelling Variants of "second"

Frequency rank: #27,007 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "second"?
"second" is spelled S-E-C-O-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is /sə.ɡɔ̃/.
What does "second" mean?
As a num, "second" means: Segundo₂.
What words are commonly confused with "second"?
"second" is commonly confused with "send", "secos", "seconds". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "second"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "second" is /sə.ɡɔ̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "second" come from?
"second" 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.