shinto

[ˈʃĩn̪t̪o]

/[ˈʃĩn̪t̪o]/ noun

The verdict

“shinto” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #98,961 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,961
frequency rank, Spanish
4,169
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Religión nativa de Japón. Involucra la adoración de los kami o espíritus de la naturaleza. Algunos kami son muy locales y son conocidos como espíritus o genios de un lugar en particular, pero otros...

Corpus desk

Index ES-shinto · shinto · Spanish

shinto · rank #98,961 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,961
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,169
  • PHOTO-FINISH simplismo

Nearest frequency peer: simplismo (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “shinto”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “shinto” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for shinto
PropertyValue
Headwordshinto
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃĩn̪t̪o]
Letters6
Frequency rank#98,961
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “shinto” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.shintocae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “simplismo” (#98,962), “sintetizados” (#98,965), “Serón” (#98,956). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “shinto” va en #98,961. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

shinto is uncommon Spanish at frequency #98,961 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃĩn̪t̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Religión nativa de Japón. Involucra la adoración de los kami o espíritus de la naturaleza. Algunos kami son muy locales y son conocidos como espíritus o genios de un lugar en particular, pero otros...".

Zero misspellings are on record for shinto in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is shinto, spelled S-H-I-N-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Religión nativa de Japón. Involucra la adoración de los kami o espíritus de la naturaleza. Algunos kami son muy locales y son conocidos como espíritus o genios de un lugar en particular, pero otros representan objetos naturales mayores y procesos, por ejemplo, Amaterasu, la diosa del Sol.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "shinto"?
"shinto" is spelled S-H-I-N-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃĩn̪t̪o].
What does "shinto" mean?
As a noun, "shinto" means: Religión nativa de Japón. Involucra la adoración de los kami o espíritus de la naturaleza. Algunos kami son muy locales y son conocidos como espíritus o genios de un lugar en particular, pero otros...
How do you pronounce "shinto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "shinto" is [ˈʃĩn̪t̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "shinto", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list