titiritero
[t̪it̪iɾiˈt̪eɾo]
The verdict
“titiritero” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #53,247 among 34,400 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,247
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,400
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hombre que tiene el arte de mover los títeres en un escenario o retablo, o que los maneja por diversión o en otro tipo de espectáculos.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | titiritero |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪it̪iɾiˈt̪eɾo] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #53,247 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “titiritero” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
titiritero is uncommon Spanish at frequency #53,247 among 34,400 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t̪it̪iɾiˈt̪eɾo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hombre que tiene el arte de mover los títeres en un escenario o retablo, o que los maneja por diversión o en otro tipo de espectáculos.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for titiritero, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is titiritero, spelled T-I-T-I-R-I-T-E-R-O.
Definition
- 1Hombre que tiene el arte de mover los títeres en un escenario o retablo, o que los maneja por diversión o en otro tipo de espectáculos.
Synonyms
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 “titiritero”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-I-T-I-R-I-T-E-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t̪it̪iɾiˈt̪eɾo] (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.