Sistema Internacional de Unidades

[sisˈt̪ema ĩn̪t̪eɾnasjoˈnal̪ d̪e uniˈð̞að̞es]

/[sisˈt̪ema ĩn̪t̪eɾnasjoˈnal̪ d̪e uniˈð̞að̞es]/ noun

The verdict

“Sistema Internacional de Unidades” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
33
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According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Es el sistema de unidades más extensamente usado. Junto con el antiguo sistema métrico decimal, que es su antecedente y que ha mejorado, es también conocido como sistema métrico, especialmente en l...

Key facts for Sistema Internacional de Unidades
PropertyValue
HeadwordSistema Internacional de Unidades
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[sisˈt̪ema ĩn̪t̪eɾnasjoˈnal̪ d̪e uniˈð̞að̞es]
Letters33
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Sistema Internacional de Unidades” sits in Spanish frequency

Sistema Internacional de Unidades falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Spanish words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Sistema Internacional de Unidades is 33 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [sisˈt̪ema ĩn̪t̪eɾnasjoˈnal̪ d̪e uniˈð̞að̞es]. 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: "Es el sistema de unidades más extensamente usado. Junto con el antiguo sistema métrico decimal, que es su antecedente y que ha mejorado, es también conocido como sistema métrico, especialmente en l...".

No misspelling variants are generated for Sistema Internacional de Unidades 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 Sistema Internacional de Unidades, spelled S-I-S-T-E-M-A- -I-N-T-E-R-N-A-C-I-O-N-A-L- -D-E- -U-N-I-D-A-D-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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    Es el sistema de unidades más extensamente usado. Junto con el antiguo sistema métrico decimal, que es su antecedente y que ha mejorado, es también conocido como sistema métrico, especialmente en las naciones en las que aún no se ha implantado para su uso cotidiano.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Sistema Internacional de Unidades"?
"Sistema Internacional de Unidades" is spelled S-I-S-T-E-M-A- -I-N-T-E-R-N-A-C-I-O-N-A-L- -D-E- -U-N-I-D-A-D-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [sisˈt̪ema ĩn̪t̪eɾnasjoˈnal̪ d̪e uniˈð̞að̞es].
What does "Sistema Internacional de Unidades" mean?
As a noun, "Sistema Internacional de Unidades" means: Es el sistema de unidades más extensamente usado. Junto con el antiguo sistema métrico decimal, que es su antecedente y que ha mejorado, es también conocido como sistema métrico, especialmente en l...
How do you pronounce "Sistema Internacional de Unidades"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sistema Internacional de Unidades" is [sisˈt̪ema ĩn̪t̪eɾnasjoˈnal̪ d̪e uniˈð̞að̞es]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “Sistema Internacional de Unidades”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is S-I-S-T-E-M-A- -I-N-T-E-R-N-A-C-I-O-N-A-L- -D-E- -U-N-I-D-A-D-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [sisˈt̪ema ĩn̪t̪eɾnasjoˈnal̪ d̪e uniˈð̞að̞es] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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