seísmo
[seˈismo]
The verdict
“seísmo” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #79,563 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #79,563
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Movimiento de la corteza terrestre causado por la liberación de tensiones acumuladas a lo largo de las fallas geológicas o por la actividad volcánica.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | seísmo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [seˈismo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #79,563 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “seísmo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for seísmo is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [seˈismo]. Corpus data places it at rank #79,563 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Movimiento de la corteza terrestre causado por la liberación de tensiones acumuladas a lo largo de las fallas geológicas o por la actividad volcánica.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for seísmo, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is seísmo, spelled S-E-Í-S-M-O.
Definition
- 1Movimiento de la corteza terrestre causado por la liberación de tensiones acumuladas a lo largo de las fallas geológicas o por la actividad volcánica.
This word in other languages
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 “seísmo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-E-Í-S-M-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [seˈismo] (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.