adivinar

/[að̞iβ̞iˈnaɾ]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,702

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

adivinar is aSpanishverb. It means: Sacar una conclusión o inferencia con base en suposiciones o intuiciones, sin indicios claros. Pronounced [að̞iβ̞iˈnaɾ]. Often confused with aliviar and adivino.

Key facts for adivinar
PropertyValue
Headwordadivinar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[að̞iβ̞iˈnaɾ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#11,702
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for adivinar is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [að̞iβ̞iˈnaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,702 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for adivinar, with forms such as "addivinar", "adibinar", and "adiivnar". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "aliviar", "adivino", "adivinen", 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 adivinar, spelled A-D-I-V-I-N-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sacar una conclusión o inferencia con base en suposiciones o intuiciones, sin indicios claros.
  2. 2
    Tener conocimiento o videncia de lo futuro, secreto, enigmático o ignoto a través de medios mágicos o no exclusivamente basados en la razón, la observación, la evidencia o la ciencia.
  3. 3
    Dar con la respuesta correcta, el significado o la solución de algo, por azar o intuición.
  4. 4
    Ver o percibir con los sentidos algo que no se manifiesta de modo obvio o evidente (por ejemplo a través de la distancia, la neblina, el ruido, etc.).

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: addivinar,adibinar,adiivnar,adivianr,adivinarr,adivinnar,adivinra,adivniar,adivvinar,adviinar,aidvinar,daivinar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for adivinar

Misspelling Variants of "adivinar"

addivinar9adibinar8adiivnar8adivianr8adivinarr9adivinnar9adivinra8adivniar8
Misspelling Variants of "adivinar"

Frequency rank: #11,702 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "adivinar"?
"adivinar" is spelled A-D-I-V-I-N-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [að̞iβ̞iˈnaɾ].
What does "adivinar" mean?
As a verb, "adivinar" means: Sacar una conclusión o inferencia con base en suposiciones o intuiciones, sin indicios claros.
What words are commonly confused with "adivinar"?
"adivinar" is commonly confused with "aliviar", "adivino", "adivinen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "adivinar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adivinar" is [að̞iβ̞iˈnaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adivinar" come from?
"adivinar" 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.