aduana

/[aˈð̞wana]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,654

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

aduana is aSpanishnoun. It means: Organismo del Estado encargado de percibir las tasas y derechos que gravan los bienes que se comercian atravesando las fronteras Pronounced [aˈð̞wana]. It ranks #7,654 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with araña and adulta.

Key facts for aduana
PropertyValue
Headwordaduana
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aˈð̞wana]
Letters6
Frequency rank#7,654
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for aduana is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈð̞wana]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,654 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for aduana, with forms such as "adauna", "adduana", and "aduaan". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "araña", "adulta", "alumna", 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 aduana, spelled A-D-U-A-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Organismo del Estado encargado de percibir las tasas y derechos que gravan los bienes que se comercian atravesando las fronteras
  2. 2
    Por extensión, gravámenes que este organismo impone
  3. 3
    Por analogía, organismo que controla el tráfico de objetos peligrosos, animales y trabajadores entre estados

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: adauna,adduana,aduaan,aduanna,adunaa,audana,dauana

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for aduana

Misspelling Variants of "aduana"

adauna6adduana7aduaan6aduanna7adunaa6audana6dauana6
Misspelling Variants of "aduana"

Frequency rank: #7,654 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aduana"?
"aduana" is spelled A-D-U-A-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈð̞wana].
What does "aduana" mean?
As a noun, "aduana" means: Organismo del Estado encargado de percibir las tasas y derechos que gravan los bienes que se comercian atravesando las fronteras
What words are commonly confused with "aduana"?
"aduana" is commonly confused with "araña", "adulta", "alumna". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aduana"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aduana" is [aˈð̞wana]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aduana" come from?
"aduana" 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.