Avocado

/[avoˈkaːdo]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#26,769

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Avocado is aGermannoun. It means: tropischer Baum aus der Familie der Lorbeergewächse; kurz für Avocadobaum Pronounced [avoˈkaːdo].

Key facts for Avocado
PropertyValue
HeadwordAvocado
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[avoˈkaːdo]
Letters7
Frequency rank#26,769
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Avocado in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Avocado is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [avoˈkaːdo]. Corpus data places it at rank #26,769 in overall German 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 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Avocado, with forms such as "aovcado", "avcoado", and "avoacdo". 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 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 German form is Avocado, spelled A-V-O-C-A-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    tropischer Baum aus der Familie der Lorbeergewächse; kurz für Avocadobaum
  2. 2
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Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aovcado,avcoado,avoacdo,avocaddo,avocaod,avoccado,avocdao,avvocado,vaocado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Avocado

Misspelling Variants of "Avocado"

aovcado7avcoado7avoacdo7avocaddo8avocaod7avoccado8avocdao7avvocado8
Misspelling Variants of "Avocado"

Frequency rank: #26,769 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Avocado"?
"Avocado" is spelled A-V-O-C-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [avoˈkaːdo].
What does "Avocado" mean?
As a noun, "Avocado" means: tropischer Baum aus der Familie der Lorbeergewächse; kurz für Avocadobaum
What are common misspellings of "Avocado"?
Common misspellings include "aovcado", "avcoado", "avoacdo", "avocaddo", "avocaod". The correct spelling is "Avocado".
How do you pronounce "Avocado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Avocado" is [avoˈkaːdo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Avocado" come from?
"Avocado" is a German 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.