taxímetro

/[t̪akˈsimet̪ɾo]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#67,328

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

taxímetro is aSpanishnoun. It means: Dispositivo de medida mecánico o electrónico, usualmente instalado en los taxis, similar a un odómetro. Calcula el importe a cobrar en relación tanto a la distancia recorrida como en el tiempo tran... Pronounced [t̪akˈsimet̪ɾo].

Key facts for taxímetro
PropertyValue
Headwordtaxímetro
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t̪akˈsimet̪ɾo]
Letters9
Frequency rank#67,328
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

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Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for taxímetro is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪akˈsimet̪ɾo]. Corpus data places it at rank #67,328 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for taxímetro 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 taxímetro, spelled T-A-X-Í-M-E-T-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dispositivo de medida mecánico o electrónico, usualmente instalado en los taxis, similar a un odómetro. Calcula el importe a cobrar en relación tanto a la distancia recorrida como en el tiempo transcurrido.
  2. 2
    Vehículo de alquiler que se contrata con su conductor para breves trayectos urbanos, pagándose el recorrido según la distancia a una tarifa indicada por un dispositivo ad hoc.
  3. 3
    Instrumento para medir demoras y ángulos horizontales, con pínula y un círculo horizontal graduado en grados. Es similar en uso y aplicación a un círculo acimutal.

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Frequency rank: #67,328 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "taxímetro"?
"taxímetro" is spelled T-A-X-Í-M-E-T-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪akˈsimet̪ɾo].
What does "taxímetro" mean?
As a noun, "taxímetro" means: Dispositivo de medida mecánico o electrónico, usualmente instalado en los taxis, similar a un odómetro. Calcula el importe a cobrar en relación tanto a la distancia recorrida como en el tiempo tran...
How do you pronounce "taxímetro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "taxímetro" is [t̪akˈsimet̪ɾo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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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.