tilde diacrítica

[ˈt̪il̪d̪e ð̞jaˈkɾit̪ika]

/[ˈt̪il̪d̪e ð̞jaˈkɾit̪ika]/ phrase

The verdict

“tilde diacrítica” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Acento gráfico que permite distinguir dos vocablos que, por lo demás, son homógrafos. Comúnmente se aplica a palabras monosílabas, aunque en el pasado también se ha aplicado a palabras bisílabas.

Key facts for tilde diacrítica
PropertyValue
Headwordtilde diacrítica
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˈt̪il̪d̪e ð̞jaˈkɾit̪ika]
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “tilde diacrítica” sits in Spanish frequency

tilde diacrítica falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Spanish words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for tilde diacrítica is 16 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt̪il̪d̪e ð̞jaˈkɾit̪ika]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Acento gráfico que permite distinguir dos vocablos que, por lo demás, son homógrafos. Comúnmente se aplica a palabras monosílabas, aunque en el pasado también se ha aplicado a palabras bisílabas.".

No misspelling variants are generated for tilde diacrítica 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 tilde diacrítica, spelled T-I-L-D-E- -D-I-A-C-R-Í-T-I-C-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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    Acento gráfico que permite distinguir dos vocablos que, por lo demás, son homógrafos. Comúnmente se aplica a palabras monosílabas, aunque en el pasado también se ha aplicado a palabras bisílabas.

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tilde diacrítica"?
"tilde diacrítica" is spelled T-I-L-D-E- -D-I-A-C-R-Í-T-I-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt̪il̪d̪e ð̞jaˈkɾit̪ika].
What does "tilde diacrítica" mean?
As a phrase, "tilde diacrítica" means: Acento gráfico que permite distinguir dos vocablos que, por lo demás, son homógrafos. Comúnmente se aplica a palabras monosílabas, aunque en el pasado también se ha aplicado a palabras bisílabas.
How do you pronounce "tilde diacrítica"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tilde diacrítica" is [ˈt̪il̪d̪e ð̞jaˈkɾit̪ika]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “tilde diacrítica”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is T-I-L-D-E- -D-I-A-C-R-Í-T-I-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈt̪il̪d̪e ð̞jaˈkɾit̪ika] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

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