adivinar
[að̞iβ̞iˈnaɾ]
The verdict
“adivinar” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #11,702 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #11,702
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sacar una conclusión o inferencia con base en suposiciones o intuiciones, sin indicios claros.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adivinar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [að̞iβ̞iˈnaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #11,702 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “adivinar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for adivinar is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, 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 generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for adivinar, with forms such as "addivinar", "adibinar", and "adiivnar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "aliviar", "adivino", "adivinen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is adivinar, spelled A-D-I-V-I-N-A-R.
Definition
- 1Sacar una conclusión o inferencia con base en suposiciones o intuiciones, sin indicios claros.
- 2Tener 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.
- 3Dar con la respuesta correcta, el significado o la solución de algo, por azar o intuición.
- 4Ver 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.).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: addivinar,adibinar,adiivnar,adivianr,adivinarr,adivinnar,adivinra,adivniar,adivvinar,adviinar,aidvinar,daivinar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of adivinar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “adivinar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-D-I-V-I-N-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [að̞iβ̞iˈnaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “aliviar” - see the side-by-side comparison. adivinar vs aliviar
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.