agua
[ˈaɣ̞wa]
The verdict
“agua” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #253 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #253
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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.
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 | agua |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaɣ̞wa] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #253 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “agua” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for agua is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaɣ̞wa]. Corpus data places it at rank #253 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Sustancia 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.
- 2Licor concentrado obtenido por infusión de vegetales para su uso como aderezo o medicamento.
- 3Por extensión, infusión cualquiera de hierbas consumida como bebida.
- 4Plano inclinado en el que se construye un tejado para que corra el agua₁ de lluvia.
- 5Acción y efecto de llover.
- 6Acción y efecto de llorar.
- 7Brecha en el casco de una embarcación por la que entra agua₁.
- 8Alteración en el nivel de un cuerpo de agua₁ producida por la atracción de la luna y, en menor medida, del sol.
- 9Corriente de agua₁ que discurre por tierra desde un manantial, lago o masa helada, hasta desembocar en una mayor.
- 10Elemento que incluye los signos de Cáncer, Escorpio y Piscis.
This word in other languages
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.
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 “agua”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-G-U-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaɣ̞wa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “au” - see the side-by-side comparison. agua vs au
- 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.