substrato
[suβ̞sˈt̪ɾat̪o]
The verdict
“substrato” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #68,966 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #68,966
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante de sustrato.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | substrato |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [suβ̞sˈt̪ɾat̪o] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #68,966 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “substrato” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for substrato is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [suβ̞sˈt̪ɾat̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #68,966 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Variante de sustrato.".
Zero misspellings are on record for substrato in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is substrato, spelled S-U-B-S-T-R-A-T-O.
Definition
- 1Variante de sustrato.
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.
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Using “substrato”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-U-B-S-T-R-A-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [suβ̞sˈt̪ɾat̪o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.