adiós

/[aˈð̞jos]/ intj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,029

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

adiós is anSpanishintj. It means: Expresión de despedida utilizada entre dos personas de trato formal, sin importar el momento del día ni las circunstancias.. Pronounced [aˈð̞jos]. It ranks #3,029 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with años and Amos.

Key facts for adiós
PropertyValue
Headwordadiós
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechIntj
IPA[aˈð̞jos]
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,029
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for adiós is 5 letters long, classified as anintj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈð̞jos]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,029 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for adiós, with forms such as "addiós", "adisó", and "adióss". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "años", "Amos", "Aros", 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 adiós, spelled A-D-I-Ó-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Expresión de despedida utilizada entre dos personas de trato formal, sin importar el momento del día ni las circunstancias..
  2. 2
    Expresión usada para indicar que alguien no volverá, algo no será como antes, o una situación no volverá a producirse..
  3. 3
    Expresión de saludo fugaz..

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: addiós,adisó,adióss,adóis,aidós,daiós

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for adiós

Misspelling Variants of "adiós"

addiós6adisó5adióss6adóis5aidós5daiós5
Misspelling Variants of "adiós"

Frequency rank: #3,029 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "adiós"?
"adiós" is spelled A-D-I-Ó-S. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈð̞jos].
What does "adiós" mean?
As an intj, "adiós" means: Expresión de despedida utilizada entre dos personas de trato formal, sin importar el momento del día ni las circunstancias..
What words are commonly confused with "adiós"?
"adiós" is commonly confused with "años", "Amos", "Aros". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "adiós"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adiós" is [aˈð̞jos]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adiós" come from?
"adiós" 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.