secreto

/[seˈkɾet̪o]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,793

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

secreto is anSpanishadj. It means: Que no se da a conocer a los demás, que queda en el conocimiento de pocas personas. Pronounced [seˈkɾet̪o]. It ranks #1,793 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with sereno and secretos.

Key facts for secreto
PropertyValue
Headwordsecreto
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[seˈkɾet̪o]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,793
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for secreto is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [seˈkɾet̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,793 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for secreto, with forms such as "cecreto", "escreto", and "scereto". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "sereno", "secretos", "secret", 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 secreto, spelled S-E-C-R-E-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que no se da a conocer a los demás, que queda en el conocimiento de pocas personas.
  2. 2
    Que permanece sin exteriorizarse, que se guarda dentro de sí mismo.
  3. 3
    Que se hace de forma que no se sabe lo que ha hecho cada cual.
  4. 4
    Propio o relativo a los secretos de estado.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cecreto,escreto,scereto,seccreto,secerto,secreot,secretto,secrreto,secrteo,serceto,ssecreto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for secreto

Misspelling Variants of "secreto"

cecreto7escreto7scereto7seccreto8secerto7secreot7secretto8secrreto8
Misspelling Variants of "secreto"

Frequency rank: #1,793 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "secreto"?
"secreto" is spelled S-E-C-R-E-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [seˈkɾet̪o].
What does "secreto" mean?
As an adj, "secreto" means: Que no se da a conocer a los demás, que queda en el conocimiento de pocas personas.
What words are commonly confused with "secreto"?
"secreto" is commonly confused with "sereno", "secretos", "secret". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "secreto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "secreto" is [seˈkɾet̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "secreto" come from?
"secreto" 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.