abandonar

/[aβ̞ãn̪d̪oˈnaɾ]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,096

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

abandonar is aSpanishverb. It means: Dejar, desamparar a una persona, animal o cosa. No hacer caso de ella. Pronounced [aβ̞ãn̪d̪oˈnaɾ]. It ranks #3,096 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with abandono and abandoné.

Key facts for abandonar
PropertyValue
Headwordabandonar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[aβ̞ãn̪d̪oˈnaɾ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#3,096
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for abandonar is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aβ̞ãn̪d̪oˈnaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,096 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for abandonar, with forms such as "aabndonar", "abadnonar", and "abanddonar". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "abandono", "abandoné", "abandonen", 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 abandonar, spelled A-B-A-N-D-O-N-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dejar, desamparar a una persona, animal o cosa. No hacer caso de ella.
  2. 2
    Desistir de una cosa.
  3. 3
    Renunciar a continuar en una competición o prueba.
  4. 4
    Dejar el asegurado por cuenta del asegurador, relativos a accidentes del comercio marítimo, las cosas aseguradas, con el fin de obtener el pago del seguro.
  5. 5
    Desentenderse una persona de su pareja o de sus hijos.
  6. 6
    Actuar con irresponsabilidad, desentenderse de las cosas que está obligado a hacer.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aabndonar,abadnonar,abanddonar,abandnoar,abandoanr,abandonarr,abandonnar,abandonra,abanndonar,abanodnar,abbandonar,abnadonar,avandonar,baandonar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for abandonar

Misspelling Variants of "abandonar"

aabndonar9abadnonar9abanddonar10abandnoar9abandoanr9abandonarr10abandonnar10abandonra9
Misspelling Variants of "abandonar"

Frequency rank: #3,096 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abandonar"?
"abandonar" is spelled A-B-A-N-D-O-N-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [aβ̞ãn̪d̪oˈnaɾ].
What does "abandonar" mean?
As a verb, "abandonar" means: Dejar, desamparar a una persona, animal o cosa. No hacer caso de ella.
What words are commonly confused with "abandonar"?
"abandonar" is commonly confused with "abandono", "abandoné", "abandonen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "abandonar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abandonar" is [aβ̞ãn̪d̪oˈnaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abandonar" come from?
"abandonar" 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.