secretario

[sekɾeˈt̪aɾjo]

/[sekɾeˈt̪aɾjo]/ noun

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The verdict

“secretario” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,531. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,531
frequency rank, Spanish
4,169
“S” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Asesor privado a quien se le confiaban los secretos más íntimos.

Corpus desk

Index ES-secretario · secretario · Spanish

secretario · rank #1,531 · 15 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,531
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,169
  • PHOTO-FINISH rica

Nearest frequency peer: rica (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “secretario”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “secretario” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

secretario vs sectario
80% similar
secretario vs secretarios
91% similar
secretario vs secretaría
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for secretario
PropertyValue
Headwordsecretario
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[sekɾeˈt̪aɾjo]
Letters10
Frequency rank#1,531
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “secretario”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.secretariocae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “rica” (#1,530), “sede” (#1,532), “reglas” (#1,529). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “secretario” va en #1,531. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around secretario (IPA [sekɾeˈt̪aɾjo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,531 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for secretario, with forms such as "cecretario", "escretario", and "sceretario". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "sectario", "secretarios", "secretaría", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is secretario, spelled S-E-C-R-E-T-A-R-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Asesor privado a quien se le confiaban los secretos más íntimos.
  2. 2
    Escriba que redacta las correspondencias personales.
  3. 3
    Persona que ejerce el cargo y desempeña las funciones de custodiar documentos, levantar actas, dar fe de acuerdos y coadyuvar en las labores de oficina.
  4. 4
    En algunos países americanos, persona encargada de una rama o secretaría específica del gobierno.
  5. 5
    Dirigente principal de sindicatos y organizaciones políticas.

Synonyms

amanuenseescribaescribanoministro

This word in other languages

secretary(English)secrétaire(Français)Sekretär(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cecretario
  • escretario
  • sceretario
  • seccretario
  • secertario
  • secreatrio
  • secretairo
  • secretaroi
  • secretarrio
  • secretraio
  • secrettario
  • secrretario
  • secrteario
  • sercetario
  • ssecretario

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of secretario - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cecretario1escretario2sceretario2seccretario1secertario2secreatrio2secretairo2secretaroi2
Edit distance from "secretario"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "secretario"?
"secretario" is spelled S-E-C-R-E-T-A-R-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is [sekɾeˈt̪aɾjo].
What does "secretario" mean?
As a noun, "secretario" means: Asesor privado a quien se le confiaban los secretos más íntimos.
What words are commonly confused with "secretario"?
"secretario" is commonly confused with "sectario", "secretarios", "secretaría". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "secretario"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "secretario" is [sekɾeˈt̪aɾjo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "secretario" come from?
"secretario" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "secretario", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

aeropuerto#1,536influencia#1,549literatura#1,552conciencia#1,502

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

personajes15 variantsexistencia15 variantsnecesitas15 variantsgeneración15 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list