adelantar

/[að̞elãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,961

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

adelantar is aSpanishverb. It means: Pasar delante de otro. Realizar una acción antes que otro. Pronounced [að̞elãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]. Often confused with adelante and adelanto.

Key facts for adelantar
PropertyValue
Headwordadelantar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[að̞elãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#12,961
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for adelantar is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [að̞elãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,961 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for adelantar, with forms such as "addelantar", "adealntar", and "adelanatr". 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, "adelante", "adelanto", "adelantos", 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 adelantar, spelled A-D-E-L-A-N-T-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pasar delante de otro. Realizar una acción antes que otro.
  2. 2
    Apresurar, acelerar.
  3. 3
    Anticipar la paga, salario, etc.
  4. 4
    Aumentar, mejorar.
  5. 5
    Añadir a lo inventado o discurrido por otros.
  6. 6
    Exceder a alguno, aventajársele.
  7. 7
    Poner delante.
  8. 8
    Llevar adelante
  9. 9
    Dar poder o nombrar procurador.
  10. 10
    Hacer que una figura resalte más, o ponerla en término más inmediato.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: addelantar,adealntar,adelanatr,adelanntar,adelantarr,adelantra,adelanttar,adelatnar,adellantar,adelnatar,adleantar,aedlantar,daelantar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for adelantar

Misspelling Variants of "adelantar"

addelantar10adealntar9adelanatr9adelanntar10adelantarr10adelantra9adelanttar10adelatnar9
Misspelling Variants of "adelantar"

Frequency rank: #12,961 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "adelantar"?
"adelantar" is spelled A-D-E-L-A-N-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [að̞elãn̪ˈt̪aɾ].
What does "adelantar" mean?
As a verb, "adelantar" means: Pasar delante de otro. Realizar una acción antes que otro.
What words are commonly confused with "adelantar"?
"adelantar" is commonly confused with "adelante", "adelanto", "adelantos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "adelantar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adelantar" is [að̞elãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adelantar" come from?
"adelantar" 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.