sustento

/[susˈt̪ẽn̪t̪o]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,079

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

sustento is aSpanishnoun. It means: Alimento, nutrición. Pronounced [susˈt̪ẽn̪t̪o]. Often confused with sustrato and suspenso.

Key facts for sustento
PropertyValue
Headwordsustento
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[susˈt̪ẽn̪t̪o]
Letters8
Frequency rank#10,079
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for sustento is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [susˈt̪ẽn̪t̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,079 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for sustento, with forms such as "ssustento", "ssutento", and "susetnto". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "sustrato", "suspenso", "sustenta", 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 sustento, spelled S-U-S-T-E-N-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Alimento, nutrición.
  2. 2
    Lo que sirve para el mantenimiento o conservación de algo.
  3. 3
    Sostén, apoyo.
  4. 4
    Sustentación.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ssustento,ssutento,susetnto,susstento,sustennto,sustenot,sustentto,sustetno,sustneto,susttento,sutsento,usstento

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sustento

Misspelling Variants of "sustento"

ssustento9ssutento8susetnto8susstento9sustennto9sustenot8sustentto9sustetno8
Misspelling Variants of "sustento"

Frequency rank: #10,079 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

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