separado

/[sepaˈɾað̞o]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,652

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

separado is aSpanishverb. It means: Participio de separar o de separarse. Pronounced [sepaˈɾað̞o]. It ranks #4,652 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with separo and separar.

Key facts for separado
PropertyValue
Headwordseparado
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[sepaˈɾað̞o]
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,652
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for separado is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [sepaˈɾað̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,652 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Participio de separar o de separarse.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for separado, with forms such as "ceparado", "esparado", and "seaprado". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "separo", "separar", "separan", 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 separado, spelled S-E-P-A-R-A-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participio de separar o de separarse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ceparado,esparado,seaprado,sepaardo,separaddo,separaod,separdao,separrado,sepparado,sepraado,spearado,sseparado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for separado

Misspelling Variants of "separado"

ceparado8esparado8seaprado8sepaardo8separaddo9separaod8separdao8separrado9
Misspelling Variants of "separado"

Frequency rank: #4,652 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "separado"?
"separado" is spelled S-E-P-A-R-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [sepaˈɾað̞o].
What does "separado" mean?
As a verb, "separado" means: Participio de separar o de separarse.
What words are commonly confused with "separado"?
"separado" is commonly confused with "separo", "separar", "separan". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "separado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "separado" is [sepaˈɾað̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "separado" come from?
"separado" 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.