seguridad

/[seɣ̞uɾiˈð̞að̞]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#365

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

seguridad is aSpanishnoun. It means: Ausencia de peligro. Pronounced [seɣ̞uɾiˈð̞að̞]. It ranks #365 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with severidad and seguida.

Key facts for seguridad
PropertyValue
Headwordseguridad
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[seɣ̞uɾiˈð̞að̞]
Letters9
Frequency rank#365
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for seguridad is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [seɣ̞uɾiˈð̞að̞]. Corpus data places it at rank #365 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for seguridad, with forms such as "ceguridad", "esguridad", and "segguridad". 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, "severidad", "seguida", 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 seguridad, spelled S-E-G-U-R-I-D-A-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ausencia de peligro.
  2. 2
    Una condición natural que busca todo ser viviente, organización o colectividad para poder existir, desarrollarse y cumplir sus propósitos en sus multiples actividades.
  3. 3
    Confianza que nace de la sensación de ausencia de peligro.
  4. 4
    Confianza en alguien o algo.
  5. 5
    Garantía verbal o material que da confianza en algo.
  6. 6
    Organismo público o privado encargado de velar por la seguridad de los ciudadanos o de las cosas en un ámbito limitado.
  7. 7
    Organismo de espionaje político encargado de vigilar a los ciudadanos y de reprimir la disidencia política. Es más propio de las dictaduras.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ceguridad,esguridad,segguridad,segruidad,seguirdad,segurdiad,seguriadd,seguridadd,seguridda,seguriddad,segurridad,seugridad,sgeuridad,sseguridad

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for seguridad

Misspelling Variants of "seguridad"

ceguridad9esguridad9segguridad10segruidad9seguirdad9segurdiad9seguriadd9seguridadd10
Misspelling Variants of "seguridad"

Frequency rank: #365 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "seguridad"?
"seguridad" is spelled S-E-G-U-R-I-D-A-D. The IPA pronunciation is [seɣ̞uɾiˈð̞að̞].
What does "seguridad" mean?
As a noun, "seguridad" means: Ausencia de peligro.
What words are commonly confused with "seguridad"?
"seguridad" is commonly confused with "severidad", "seguida". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "seguridad"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "seguridad" is [seɣ̞uɾiˈð̞að̞]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "seguridad" come from?
"seguridad" 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.