sentido figurado
[sẽn̪ˈt̪ið̞o fiɣ̞uˈɾað̞o]
The verdict
“sentido figurado” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Sentido que no corresponde al nuclear de una palabra o expresión, y que se interpreta por inferencia
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sentido figurado |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [sẽn̪ˈt̪ið̞o fiɣ̞uˈɾað̞o] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sentido figurado” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for sentido figurado is 16 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [sẽn̪ˈt̪ið̞o fiɣ̞uˈɾað̞o]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Sentido que no corresponde al nuclear de una palabra o expresión, y que se interpreta por inferencia".
No misspelling variants are generated for sentido figurado in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 sentido figurado, spelled S-E-N-T-I-D-O- -F-I-G-U-R-A-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Sentido que no corresponde al nuclear de una palabra o expresión, y que se interpreta por inferencia
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “sentido figurado”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-E-N-T-I-D-O- -F-I-G-U-R-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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