sitio

/[ˈsit̪jo]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#439

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

sitio is aSpanishnoun. It means: Una posición. Pronounced [ˈsit̪jo]. It ranks #439 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with sto and soto.

Key facts for sitio
PropertyValue
Headwordsitio
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈsit̪jo]
Letters5
Frequency rank#439
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for sitio is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsit̪jo]. Corpus data places it at rank #439 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for sitio, with forms such as "citio", "istio", and "siito". 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, "sto", "soto", "sito", 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 sitio, spelled S-I-T-I-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Una posición.
  2. 2
    Una parte o región de un país.
  3. 3
    Una casa u hogar de alguien.
  4. 4
    Acción o efecto de sitiar.
  5. 5
    Dirección de una página web.
  6. 6
    Terreno baldío, eriazo, generalmente en espera de que se construya alguna vivienda en él.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: citio,istio,siito,sitoi,sittio,ssitio,stiio

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sitio

Misspelling Variants of "sitio"

citio5istio5siito5sitoi5sittio6ssitio6stiio5
Misspelling Variants of "sitio"

Frequency rank: #439 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sitio"?
"sitio" is spelled S-I-T-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsit̪jo].
What does "sitio" mean?
As a noun, "sitio" means: Una posición.
What words are commonly confused with "sitio"?
"sitio" is commonly confused with "sto", "soto", "sito". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sitio"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sitio" is [ˈsit̪jo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sitio" come from?
"sitio" 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.