adonde

/[aˈð̞õn̪d̪e]/ prep

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,746

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

adonde is aSpanishprep. It means: Indica un movimiento en dirección al sitio en donde se encuentra una persona, o hacia su domicilio u hogar. Pronounced [aˈð̞õn̪d̪e]. It ranks #8,746 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with ande and alone.

Key facts for adonde
PropertyValue
Headwordadonde
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPrep
IPA[aˈð̞õn̪d̪e]
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,746
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for adonde is 6 letters long, classified as aprep, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈð̞õn̪d̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,746 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Indica un movimiento en dirección al sitio en donde se encuentra una persona, o hacia su domicilio u hogar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for adonde, with forms such as "addonde", "adnode", and "adodne". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "ande", "alone", "adrede", 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 adonde, spelled A-D-O-N-D-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Indica un movimiento en dirección al sitio en donde se encuentra una persona, o hacia su domicilio u hogar.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: addonde,adnode,adodne,adondde,adoned,adonnde,aodnde,daonde

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for adonde

Misspelling Variants of "adonde"

addonde7adnode6adodne6adondde7adoned6adonnde7aodnde6daonde6
Misspelling Variants of "adonde"

Frequency rank: #8,746 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "adonde"?
"adonde" is spelled A-D-O-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈð̞õn̪d̪e].
What does "adonde" mean?
As a prep, "adonde" means: Indica un movimiento en dirección al sitio en donde se encuentra una persona, o hacia su domicilio u hogar.
What words are commonly confused with "adonde"?
"adonde" is commonly confused with "ande", "alone", "adrede". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "adonde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adonde" is [aˈð̞õn̪d̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adonde" come from?
"adonde" 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.