trabajo

/[t̪ɾaˈβ̞axo]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#119

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

trabajo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de trabajar (ocuparse en una actividad). Pronounced [t̪ɾaˈβ̞axo]. It ranks #119 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with trajo and trabas.

Key facts for trabajo
PropertyValue
Headwordtrabajo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t̪ɾaˈβ̞axo]
Letters7
Frequency rank#119
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for trabajo is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪ɾaˈβ̞axo]. Corpus data places it at rank #119 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for trabajo, with forms such as "rtabajo", "tarbajo", and "traabjo". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "trajo", "trabas", "trabar", 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 trabajo, spelled T-R-A-B-A-J-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de trabajar (ocuparse en una actividad).
  2. 2
    En particular, trabajo₁ que se desempeña regularmente, en especial si por una retribución o remuneración.
  3. 3
    Cosa producida mediante el trabajo₁.
  4. 4
    Lugar donde se desempeña el trabajo₂.
  5. 5
    Factor de la producción obtenido directamente del trabajo₂ humano.
  6. 6
    Magnitud escalar producto de la magnitud de una fuerza por la distancia que ella recorre.
  7. 7
    Situación difícil o apurada.
  8. 8
    Situación penosa o infeliz.
  9. 9
    Fórmula o ritual con efectos mágicos.
  10. 10
    Por extensión, cualquier actividad remunerada o con fines de lucro.
  11. 11
    Informe escrito producto de la investigación acerca de un tema específico.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rtabajo,tarbajo,traabjo,trabajjo,trabaoj,trabbajo,trabjao,travajo,trbaajo,trrabajo,ttrabajo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for trabajo

Misspelling Variants of "trabajo"

rtabajo7tarbajo7traabjo7trabajjo8trabaoj7trabbajo8trabjao7travajo7
Misspelling Variants of "trabajo"

Frequency rank: #119 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "trabajo"?
"trabajo" is spelled T-R-A-B-A-J-O. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪ɾaˈβ̞axo].
What does "trabajo" mean?
As a noun, "trabajo" means: Acción o efecto de trabajar (ocuparse en una actividad).
What words are commonly confused with "trabajo"?
"trabajo" is commonly confused with "trajo", "trabas", "trabar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "trabajo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trabajo" is [t̪ɾaˈβ̞axo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "trabajo" come from?
"trabajo" 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.