adiós

[aˈð̞jos]

/[aˈð̞jos]/ intj

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The verdict

“adiós” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #3,029. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,029
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Expresión de despedida utilizada entre dos personas de trato formal, sin importar el momento del día ni las circunstancias..

Corpus desk

Index ES-adios · adiós · Spanish

adiós · rank #3,029 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,029
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH tormenta

Nearest frequency peer: tormenta (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “adiós”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “adiós” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

adiós vs años
40% similar
adiós vs Amos
20% similar
adiós vs Aros
20% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “adiós”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).adióscae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “tormenta” (#3,028), “an” (#3,030), “top” (#3,027). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “adiós” va en #3,029. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around adiós (IPA [aˈð̞jos]), aninterjection. Corpus frequency is #3,029 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for adiós, with forms such as "addiós", "adisó", and "adióss". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "años", "Amos", "Aros", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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. The correct Spanish form is adiós, spelled A-D-I-Ó-S.

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

chaohasta luego

This word in other languages

goodbye(English)au revoir(Français)auf Wiedersehen(Deutsch)adeus(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • addiós
  • adisó
  • adióss
  • adóis
  • aidós
  • daiós

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of adiós - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

addiós1adisó2adióss1adóis2aidós2daiós2
Edit distance from "adiós"

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.

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 interjection, "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. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "adiós", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bajas#3,032cable#3,034corre#3,037cuyos#3,040

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

bola6 variantslogra6 variantsocupa6 variantsdigan6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list