agua

/[ˈaɣ̞wa]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#253

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

agua is aSpanishnoun. It 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. Pronounced [ˈaɣ̞wa]. It ranks #253 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with au and aún.

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

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for agua is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for agua, with forms such as "agau", "aggua", and "auga". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "au", "aún", "Ana", 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 agua, spelled A-G-U-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: agau,aggua,auga,gaua

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for agua

Misspelling Variants of "agua"

agau4aggua5auga4gaua4
Misspelling Variants of "agua"

Frequency rank: #253 in Spanish

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. 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.