aguacate

[aɣ̞waˈkat̪e]

/[aɣ̞waˈkat̪e]/ noun

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The verdict

“aguacate” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #15,265. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,265
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Persea americana) Árbol de la familia de las lauráceas, nativo de América tropical. Alcanza los 20 m de altura, con hojas ovadas, perennes, de hasta 25 cm de largo. Presenta flores inconspicuas, d...

Corpus desk

Index ES-aguacate · aguacate · Spanish

aguacate · rank #15,265 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,265
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH advertencias

Nearest frequency peer: advertencias (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “aguacate”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “aguacate” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

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).

aguacate vs aguante
75% similar
aguacate vs aguacates
89% similar

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

Key facts for aguacate
PropertyValue
Headwordaguacate
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aɣ̞waˈkat̪e]
Letters8
Frequency rank#15,265
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “aguacate”

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

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “advertencias” (#15,264), “albergue” (#15,266), “adobe” (#15,263). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “aguacate” va en #15,265. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around aguacate (IPA [aɣ̞waˈkat̪e]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,265 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for aguacate, with forms such as "agaucate", "agguacate", and "aguaacte". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "aguante", "aguacates", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is aguacate, spelled A-G-U-A-C-A-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Persea americana) Árbol de la familia de las lauráceas, nativo de América tropical. Alcanza los 20 m de altura, con hojas ovadas, perennes, de hasta 25 cm de largo. Presenta flores inconspicuas, de color amarillo verdoso y unos 10 mm de diámetro, que fructifican dando lugar a una baya piriforme, cubierta por una cáscara verde, dura y áspera, que protege una pulpa verdeamarillenta, comestible, muy rica en lípidos, con una única semilla de hasta 5 cm de diámetro en su interior. Se cultiva por este fruto, del que puede dar hasta 120 unidades anualmente en buenas condiciones.
  2. 2
    Fruto de este árbol, usado en gastronomía.
  3. 3
    Agente u oficial de policía.
  4. 4
    Nombre dado al dólar estadounidense.

Synonyms

aguacaterocurapaltocurapaltapaltolechugatrumpverde

This word in other languages

avocado(English)avocat(Français)Avocado(Deutsch)abacate(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agaucate
  • agguacate
  • aguaacte
  • aguacaet
  • aguacatte
  • aguaccate
  • aguactae
  • agucaate
  • augacate
  • gauacate

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aguacate - 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.

agaucate2agguacate1aguaacte2aguacaet2aguacatte1aguaccate1aguactae2agucaate2
Edit distance from "aguacate"

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 "aguacate"?
"aguacate" is spelled A-G-U-A-C-A-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [aɣ̞waˈkat̪e].
What does "aguacate" mean?
As a noun, "aguacate" means: (Persea americana) Árbol de la familia de las lauráceas, nativo de América tropical. Alcanza los 20 m de altura, con hojas ovadas, perennes, de hasta 25 cm de largo. Presenta flores inconspicuas, d...
What words are commonly confused with "aguacate"?
"aguacate" is commonly confused with "aguante", "aguacates". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aguacate"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aguacate" is [aɣ̞waˈkat̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aguacate" come from?
"aguacate" 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 "aguacate", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

albergue#15,266acumular#15,261analizan#15,269aconsejo#15,259

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

abanico10 variantsapoyaba10 variantstrabas10 variantstenedor10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list