abandono
[aβ̞ãn̪ˈd̪ono]
The verdict
“abandono” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #5,361 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #5,361
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción y resultado de abandonar o de abandonarse.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abandono |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aβ̞ãn̪ˈd̪ono] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #5,361 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “abandono” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for abandono is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aβ̞ãn̪ˈd̪ono]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,361 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for abandono, with forms such as "aabndono", "abadnono", and "abanddono". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "abandona", "abandoné", "abandonar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is abandono, spelled A-B-A-N-D-O-N-O.
Definition
- 1Acción y resultado de abandonar o de abandonarse.
- 2Falta de esfuerzo o dedicación para la realización de las tareas necesarias o prescritas.
- 3Renuncia sin beneficiario, con pérdida de dominio o posesión sobre cosas que recobran su condición de bienes nullius.
- 4Derecho que tiene el asegurado para exigir el pago de su aseguradora, dejando por cuenta de esta las cosas aseguradas, a consecuencia de ciertos accidentes del comercio marítimo.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aabndono,abadnono,abanddono,abandnoo,abandonno,abandoon,abanndono,abanodno,abbandono,abnadono,avandono,baandono
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abandono - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “abandono”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-B-A-N-D-O-N-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aβ̞ãn̪ˈd̪ono] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “abandona” - see the side-by-side comparison. abandono vs abandona
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.