territorio

/[t̪eriˈt̪oɾjo]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,127

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

territorio is aSpanishnoun. It means: Porción de la superficie terrestre considerada posesión de una persona, organización, institución, estado o país subdividido. Pronounced [t̪eriˈt̪oɾjo]. It ranks #1,127 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with territorios and territorial.

Key facts for territorio
PropertyValue
Headwordterritorio
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t̪eriˈt̪oɾjo]
Letters10
Frequency rank#1,127
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for territorio is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪eriˈt̪oɾjo]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,127 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 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 territorio, with forms such as "etrritorio", "terirtorio", and "teritorio". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "territorios", "territorial", 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 territorio, spelled T-E-R-R-I-T-O-R-I-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Porción de la superficie terrestre considerada posesión de una persona, organización, institución, estado o país subdividido.
  2. 2
    Conjunto de habilidades que domina, conocimientos que sabe, o actividades que son responsabilidad de una persona.
  3. 3
    Espacio habitado por un animal o grupo de ellos, que es defendido ante la incursión otros congéneres.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: etrritorio,terirtorio,teritorio,terriotrio,territoiro,territoroi,territorrio,territroio,territtorio,terrtiorio,treritorio,tterritorio

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for territorio

Misspelling Variants of "territorio"

etrritorio10terirtorio10teritorio9terriotrio10territoiro10territoroi10territorrio11territroio10
Misspelling Variants of "territorio"

Frequency rank: #1,127 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "territorio"?
"territorio" is spelled T-E-R-R-I-T-O-R-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪eriˈt̪oɾjo].
What does "territorio" mean?
As a noun, "territorio" means: Porción de la superficie terrestre considerada posesión de una persona, organización, institución, estado o país subdividido.
What words are commonly confused with "territorio"?
"territorio" is commonly confused with "territorios", "territorial". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "territorio"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "territorio" is [t̪eriˈt̪oɾjo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "territorio" come from?
"territorio" 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.