agosto

/[aˈɣ̞ost̪o]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#600

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

agosto is aSpanishnoun. It means: Octavo mes del año en el calendario gregoriano, entre julio y septiembre, con 31 días. Pronounced [aˈɣ̞ost̪o]. It ranks #600 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with agota and anoto.

Key facts for agosto
PropertyValue
Headwordagosto
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aˈɣ̞ost̪o]
Letters6
Frequency rank#600
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for agosto is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈɣ̞ost̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #600 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for agosto, with forms such as "aggosto", "agosot", and "agossto". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "agota", "anoto", "agote", 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 agosto, spelled A-G-O-S-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Octavo mes del año en el calendario gregoriano, entre julio y septiembre, con 31 días.
  2. 2
    Temporada de la cosecha de granos en ciertas zonas geográficas.
  3. 3
    Conjunto de frutos o productos que se obtienen de los cultivos.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aggosto,agosot,agossto,agostto,agotso,agsoto,aogsto,gaosto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for agosto

Misspelling Variants of "agosto"

aggosto7agosot6agossto7agostto7agotso6agsoto6aogsto6gaosto6
Misspelling Variants of "agosto"

Frequency rank: #600 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "agosto"?
"agosto" is spelled A-G-O-S-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈɣ̞ost̪o].
What does "agosto" mean?
As a noun, "agosto" means: Octavo mes del año en el calendario gregoriano, entre julio y septiembre, con 31 días.
What words are commonly confused with "agosto"?
"agosto" is commonly confused with "agota", "anoto", "agote". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "agosto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "agosto" is [aˈɣ̞ost̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "agosto" come from?
"agosto" 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.