veto

/[ˈbet̪o]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,729

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

veto is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de vedar. Pronounced [ˈbet̪o]. Often confused with vez and vio.

Key facts for veto
PropertyValue
Headwordveto
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbet̪o]
Letters4
Frequency rank#16,729
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for veto is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbet̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,729 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for veto, with forms such as "evto", "veot", and "vetto". 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, "vez", "vio", "vivo", 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 veto, spelled V-E-T-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 vedar.
  2. 2
    Derecho de una persona o corporación para vetar o impedir alguna cosa. Se refiere generalmente al poder que tiene una autoridad (generalmente el jefe de Estado) en algunos gobiernos representativos de negarse a sancionar alguna ley aprobada por el legislativo.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: evto,veot,vetto,vteo,vveto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for veto

Misspelling Variants of "veto"

evto4veot4vetto5vteo4vveto5
Misspelling Variants of "veto"

Frequency rank: #16,729 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "veto"?
"veto" is spelled V-E-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbet̪o].
What does "veto" mean?
As a noun, "veto" means: Acción o efecto de vedar.
What words are commonly confused with "veto"?
"veto" is commonly confused with "vez", "vio", "vivo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "veto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "veto" is [ˈbet̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "veto" come from?
"veto" 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.