adolescente

[að̞oleˈsẽn̪t̪e]

/[að̞oleˈsẽn̪t̪e]/ adj

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The verdict

“adolescente” has 17 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #4,297. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,297
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que se encuentra en la etapa de rápido crecimiento posterior a la pubertad y anterior a la madurez.

Corpus desk

Index ES-adolescente · adolescente · Spanish

adolescente · rank #4,297 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,297
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH adquirir

Nearest frequency peer: adquirir (+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 “adolescente”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “adolescente” 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).

adolescente vs adolescentes
92% similar

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

Key facts for adolescente
PropertyValue
Headwordadolescente
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[að̞oleˈsẽn̪t̪e]
Letters11
Frequency rank#4,297
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “adolescente”

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

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “adquirir” (#4,298), “alegre” (#4,299), “we” (#4,294). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “adolescente” va en #4,297. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around adolescente (IPA [að̞oleˈsẽn̪t̪e]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,297 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Que se encuentra en la etapa de rápido crecimiento posterior a la pubertad y anterior a la madurez.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for adolescente, with forms such as "addolescente", "adloescente", and "adoelscente". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "adolescentes", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is adolescente, spelled A-D-O-L-E-S-C-E-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que se encuentra en la etapa de rápido crecimiento posterior a la pubertad y anterior a la madurez.

This word in other languages

adolescent(English)adolescent(Français)Jugendlicher(Deutsch)adolescente(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • addolescente
  • adloescente
  • adoelscente
  • adolecsente
  • adolesccente
  • adolescenet
  • adolescennte
  • adolescentte
  • adolescetne
  • adolescnete
  • adolesecnte
  • adolesscente
  • adolessente
  • adollescente
  • adolsecente
  • aodlescente
  • daolescente

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of adolescente - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

addolescente1adloescente2adoelscente2adolecsente2adolesccente1adolescenet2adolescennte1adolescentte1
Edit distance from "adolescente"

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 "adolescente"?
"adolescente" is spelled A-D-O-L-E-S-C-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [að̞oleˈsẽn̪t̪e].
What does "adolescente" mean?
As an adjective, "adolescente" means: Que se encuentra en la etapa de rápido crecimiento posterior a la pubertad y anterior a la madurez.
What words are commonly confused with "adolescente"?
"adolescente" is commonly confused with "adolescentes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "adolescente"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adolescente" is [að̞oleˈsẽn̪t̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adolescente" come from?
"adolescente" 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 "adolescente", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

inspiración#4,258inscripción#4,257Guadalajara#4,251felicidades#4,248

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

propietarios17 variantsprisioneros17 variantsprivacidad17 variantstradiciones17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list