afrontar

/[afɾõn̪ˈt̪aɾ]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,657

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

afrontar is aSpanishverb. It means: Poner una cosa enfrente de otra. Pronounced [afɾõn̪ˈt̪aɾ]. It ranks #7,657 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with afronta and afrenta.

Key facts for afrontar
PropertyValue
Headwordafrontar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[afɾõn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,657
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for afrontar is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [afɾõn̪ˈt̪aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,657 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for afrontar, with forms such as "affrontar", "aforntar", and "afrnotar". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "afronta", "afrenta", "afrontan", 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 afrontar, spelled A-F-R-O-N-T-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Poner una cosa enfrente de otra.
  2. 2
    Carear₁.
  3. 3
    Hacer frente al enemigo.
  4. 4
    Arrostrar₁.
  5. 5
    Afrentar.
  6. 6
    Requerir, amonestar.
  7. 7
    Echar en cara.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: affrontar,aforntar,afrnotar,afronatr,afronntar,afrontarr,afrontra,afronttar,afrotnar,afrrontar,arfontar,farontar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for afrontar

Misspelling Variants of "afrontar"

affrontar9aforntar8afrnotar8afronatr8afronntar9afrontarr9afrontra8afronttar9
Misspelling Variants of "afrontar"

Frequency rank: #7,657 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "afrontar"?
"afrontar" is spelled A-F-R-O-N-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [afɾõn̪ˈt̪aɾ].
What does "afrontar" mean?
As a verb, "afrontar" means: Poner una cosa enfrente de otra.
What words are commonly confused with "afrontar"?
"afrontar" is commonly confused with "afronta", "afrenta", "afrontan". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "afrontar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "afrontar" is [afɾõn̪ˈt̪aɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "afrontar" come from?
"afrontar" 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.