adelantado

/[að̞elãn̪ˈt̪að̞o]/ adj

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,946

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

adelantado is anSpanishadj. It means: Atrevido, que no guarda respeto ni atención. Pronounced [að̞elãn̪ˈt̪að̞o]. It ranks #7,946 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with adelanto and adelantar.

Key facts for adelantado
PropertyValue
Headwordadelantado
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[að̞elãn̪ˈt̪að̞o]
Letters10
Frequency rank#7,946
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for adelantado is 10 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [að̞elãn̪ˈt̪að̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,946 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 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for adelantado, with forms such as "addelantado", "adealntado", and "adelanatdo". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "adelanto", "adelantar", "adelantan", 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 adelantado, spelled A-D-E-L-A-N-T-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
    Atrevido, que no guarda respeto ni atención.
  2. 2
    Aprovechado en alguna ciencia o arte.
  3. 3
    Dícese del dinero que se paga por anticipación.
  4. 4
    Dícese del reloj que marca más tiempo que el debido.
  5. 5
    Se dice del fruto o plantas tempranas.
  6. 6
    Se dice de quien ha llegado antes del tiempo señalado.
  7. 7
    Se dice del alumno que está un curso o grado más avanzado que el que le corresponde por su edad.
  8. 8
    Que ocupa un lugar más adelante que el que le corresponde.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: addelantado,adealntado,adelanatdo,adelanntado,adelantaddo,adelantaod,adelantdao,adelanttado,adelatnado,adellantado,adelnatado,adleantado,aedlantado,daelantado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for adelantado

Misspelling Variants of "adelantado"

addelantado11adealntado10adelanatdo10adelanntado11adelantaddo11adelantaod10adelantdao10adelanttado11
Misspelling Variants of "adelantado"

Frequency rank: #7,946 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "adelantado"?
"adelantado" is spelled A-D-E-L-A-N-T-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [að̞elãn̪ˈt̪að̞o].
What does "adelantado" mean?
As an adj, "adelantado" means: Atrevido, que no guarda respeto ni atención.
What words are commonly confused with "adelantado"?
"adelantado" is commonly confused with "adelanto", "adelantar", "adelantan". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "adelantado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adelantado" is [að̞elãn̪ˈt̪að̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adelantado" come from?
"adelantado" 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.