ADSL
[ˈað̞sl]
The verdict
“ADSL” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #32,946 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #32,946
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Técnica de comunicación de datos y tipo de línea DSL (línea de subscripción digital). Consiste en una transmisión analógica de datos digitales apoyada en el par simétrico de cobre que lleva la líne...
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 | ADSL |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈað̞sl] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #32,946 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ADSL” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ADSL is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈað̞sl]. Corpus data places it at rank #32,946 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Técnica de comunicación de datos y tipo de línea DSL (línea de subscripción digital). Consiste en una transmisión analógica de datos digitales apoyada en el par simétrico de cobre que lleva la líne...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for ADSL, with forms such as "addsl", "adls", and "adsll". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "al", "as", "así", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is ADSL, spelled A-D-S-L.
Definition
- 1Técnica de comunicación de datos y tipo de línea DSL (línea de subscripción digital). Consiste en una transmisión analógica de datos digitales apoyada en el par simétrico de cobre que lleva la línea telefónica convencional o línea de abonado, siempre y cuando la longitud de línea no supere los 5.5 km medidos desde la Central Telefónica, o no haya otros servicios por el mismo cable que puedan interferir.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: addsl,adls,adsll,adssl,asdl,dasl
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ADSL - 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.
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 “ADSL”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-D-S-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈað̞sl] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “al” - see the side-by-side comparison. ADSL vs al
- 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.