además

/[að̞eˈmas]/ adv

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#192

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

además is anSpanishadv. It means: En adición, para agregar. Pronounced [að̞eˈmas]. It ranks #192 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with amas and Armas.

Key facts for además
PropertyValue
Headwordademás
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdv
IPA[að̞eˈmas]
Letters6
Frequency rank#192
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for además is 6 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [að̞eˈmas]. Corpus data places it at rank #192 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "En adición, para agregar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for además, with forms such as "addemás", "ademmás", and "ademsá". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "amas", "Armas", "áreas", 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 además, spelled A-D-E-M-Á-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    En adición, para agregar.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: addemás,ademmás,ademsá,ademáss,adeáms,admeás,aedmás,daemás

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for además

Misspelling Variants of "además"

addemás7ademmás7ademsá6ademáss7adeáms6admeás6aedmás6daemás6
Misspelling Variants of "además"

Frequency rank: #192 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "además"?
"además" is spelled A-D-E-M-Á-S. The IPA pronunciation is [að̞eˈmas].
What does "además" mean?
As an adv, "además" means: En adición, para agregar.
What words are commonly confused with "además"?
"además" is commonly confused with "amas", "Armas", "áreas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "además"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "además" is [að̞eˈmas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "además" come from?
"además" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter A in our Spanish index:

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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.