violento

/[bjoˈlẽn̪t̪o]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,450

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

violento is anSpanishadj. It means: Propio o relativo al uso de la violencia. Pronounced [bjoˈlẽn̪t̪o]. It ranks #5,450 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with violet and violeta.

Key facts for violento
PropertyValue
Headwordviolento
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[bjoˈlẽn̪t̪o]
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,450
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for violento is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bjoˈlẽn̪t̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,450 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 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 violento, with forms such as "biolento", "ivolento", and "viloento". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "violet", "violeta", "violentos", 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 violento, spelled V-I-O-L-E-N-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Propio o relativo al uso de la violencia.
  2. 2
    Que no está en su estado natural o estable, que está fuera de su situación o modo normal. :*Sinónimos: antinatural, forzado
  3. 3
    Que obra de forma enérgica. :*Sinónimos: fuerte, intenso, impetuoso
  4. 4
    Que obra de forma descontrolada o con intensidad y fuerza exagerada. :*Sinónimos: fortísimo, terrible, descontrolado
  5. 5
    Que sacude el espíritu y los sentidos. :*Sinónimos: impresionante, tremendo
  6. 6
    Que provoca rechazo por ir en contra del gusto personal, de los usos o costumbres. :*Sinónimos: desagradable, embarazoso, incómodo
  7. 7
    Propio o relativo a la persona de carácter arrebatado, que propende a la violencia.
  8. 8
    Que promueve la violencia.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: biolento,ivolento,viloento,vioelnto,violennto,violenot,violentto,violetno,viollento,violneto,voilento,vviolento

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for violento

Misspelling Variants of "violento"

biolento8ivolento8viloento8vioelnto8violennto9violenot8violentto9violetno8
Misspelling Variants of "violento"

Frequency rank: #5,450 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "violento"?
"violento" is spelled V-I-O-L-E-N-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [bjoˈlẽn̪t̪o].
What does "violento" mean?
As an adj, "violento" means: Propio o relativo al uso de la violencia.
What words are commonly confused with "violento"?
"violento" is commonly confused with "violet", "violeta", "violentos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "violento"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "violento" is [bjoˈlẽn̪t̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "violento" come from?
"violento" 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.