solecismo

[soleˈsismo]

/[soleˈsismo]/ noun

The verdict

“solecismo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Construcción cuya concordancia o sintaxis se aparta de las normas estándar de la lengua.

Corpus desk

Index ES-solecismo · solecismo · Spanish

solecismo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for solecismo
PropertyValue
Headwordsolecismo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[soleˈsismo]
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “solecismo” en español

solecismoqueda fuera de las 100.000 palabras españolas más frecuentes, en la cola larga de vocabulario técnico, arcaico o raro, justo donde más se duda de la ortografía.

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

Rare enough to double-check

solecismo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [soleˈsismo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Construcción cuya concordancia o sintaxis se aparta de las normas estándar de la lengua.".

solecismo has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is solecismo, spelled S-O-L-E-C-I-S-M-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Construcción cuya concordancia o sintaxis se aparta de las normas estándar de la lengua.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how solecismo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Esso mesmo si en el aiuntamiento delas partes dela oracion no ai vicio alguno: llama se phrasis: que quiere dezir perfecta habla. Si se comete vicio intolerable: llama se solecismo. Si ai vicio que por alguna razon se puede escusar: llama se schema.
  2. Platón, Aristóteles, Pitágoras, y todos los filósofos escribieron su filosofía en su castellano, porque lo digamos así, de suerte que la moza de cántaro y el cocinero, sin estudiar más que los términos que oyeron y aprendieron de sus madres, los entendían y hablaban de ello, y ahora les parece a estos tales que es poca gravedad escribir y saber cosa buena…

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "solecismo"?
"solecismo" is spelled S-O-L-E-C-I-S-M-O. The IPA pronunciation is [soleˈsismo].
What does "solecismo" mean?
As a noun, "solecismo" means: Construcción cuya concordancia o sintaxis se aparta de las normas estándar de la lengua.
How do you pronounce "solecismo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "solecismo" is [soleˈsismo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "solecismo" come from?
"solecismo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list