sesgo

/[ˈsesɣ̞o]/ adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,978

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

sesgo is anSpanishadj. It means: Oblicuo o al bies. Pronounced [ˈsesɣ̞o]. Often confused with sexo and sigo.

Key facts for sesgo
PropertyValue
Headwordsesgo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈsesɣ̞o]
Letters5
Frequency rank#16,978
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for sesgo is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsesɣ̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,978 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Oblicuo o al bies.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for sesgo, with forms such as "cesgo", "essgo", and "segso". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sexo", "sigo", "suso", 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 sesgo, spelled S-E-S-G-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Oblicuo o al bies.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cesgo,essgo,segso,sesggo,sesog,sessgo,ssego,ssesgo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sesgo

Misspelling Variants of "sesgo"

cesgo5essgo5segso5sesggo6sesog5sessgo6ssego5ssesgo6
Misspelling Variants of "sesgo"

Frequency rank: #16,978 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sesgo"?
"sesgo" is spelled S-E-S-G-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsesɣ̞o].
What does "sesgo" mean?
As an adj, "sesgo" means: Oblicuo o al bies.
What words are commonly confused with "sesgo"?
"sesgo" is commonly confused with "sexo", "sigo", "suso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sesgo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sesgo" is [ˈsesɣ̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sesgo" come from?
"sesgo" 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.