agua

[ˈaɣ̞wa]

/[ˈaɣ̞wa]/ noun

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The verdict

“agua” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #253) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#253
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sustancia transparente, inodora e insípida, que se encuentra en estado líquido a temperatura y presión estándar, y cuya composición molecular es de dos átomos de hidrógeno por uno de oxígeno.

Corpus desk

Index ES-agua · agua · Spanish

agua · rank #253 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #253
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH alguna

Nearest frequency peer: alguna (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “agua”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “agua” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

agua vs au
50% similar
agua vs aún
25% similar
agua vs Ana
25% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for agua
PropertyValue
Headwordagua
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaɣ̞wa]
Letters4
Frequency rank#253
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “agua”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).aguacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “alguna” (#254), “punto” (#251), “equipo” (#255). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “agua” va en #253. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for agua is neighbouring look-alikes ("au", "aún", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈaɣ̞wa]. Frequency #253 among 7,704 “A” headwords. 10 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for agua, with forms such as "agau", "aggua", and "auga". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "au", "aún", "Ana", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is agua, spelled A-G-U-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sustancia transparente, inodora e insípida, que se encuentra en estado líquido a temperatura y presión estándar, y cuya composición molecular es de dos átomos de hidrógeno por uno de oxígeno.
  2. 2
    Licor concentrado obtenido por infusión de vegetales para su uso como aderezo o medicamento.
  3. 3
    Por extensión, infusión cualquiera de hierbas consumida como bebida.
  4. 4
    Plano inclinado en el que se construye un tejado para que corra el agua₁ de lluvia.
  5. 5
    Acción y efecto de llover.
  6. 6
    Acción y efecto de llorar.
  7. 7
    Brecha en el casco de una embarcación por la que entra agua₁.
  8. 8
    Alteración en el nivel de un cuerpo de agua₁ producida por la atracción de la luna y, en menor medida, del sol.
  9. 9
    Corriente de agua₁ que discurre por tierra desde un manantial, lago o masa helada, hasta desembocar en una mayor.
  10. 10
    Elemento que incluye los signos de Cáncer, Escorpio y Piscis.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how agua appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. «En la costa del Perú nos interesa, desde el punto de vista de sostenibilidad, aliviar los problemas de salinidad y hacer el más eficiente uso del agua […]».

Synonyms

agüitainfusiónmatetévertientemarearío

This word in other languages

water(English)eau(Français)Wasser(Deutsch)água(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agau
  • aggua
  • auga
  • gaua

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of agua - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

agau2aggua1auga2gaua2
Edit distance from "agua"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "agua"?
"agua" is spelled A-G-U-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaɣ̞wa].
What does "agua" mean?
As a noun, "agua" means: Sustancia transparente, inodora e insípida, que se encuentra en estado líquido a temperatura y presión estándar, y cuya composición molecular es de dos átomos de hidrógeno por uno de oxígeno.
What words are commonly confused with "agua"?
"agua" is commonly confused with "au", "aún", "Ana". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "agua"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "agua" is [ˈaɣ̞wa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "agua" come from?
"agua" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "agua", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

esos#246ante#261buen#241lado#239

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list