aguacate

/[aɣ̞waˈkat̪e]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,265

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

aguacate is aSpanishnoun. It 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... Pronounced [aɣ̞waˈkat̪e]. Often confused with aguante and aguacates.

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

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for aguacate is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aɣ̞waˈkat̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,265 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for aguacate, with forms such as "agaucate", "agguacate", and "aguaacte". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "aguante", "aguacates", 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 aguacate, spelled A-G-U-A-C-A-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: agaucate,agguacate,aguaacte,aguacaet,aguacatte,aguaccate,aguactae,agucaate,augacate,gauacate

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for aguacate

Misspelling Variants of "aguacate"

agaucate8agguacate9aguaacte8aguacaet8aguacatte9aguaccate9aguactae8agucaate8
Misspelling Variants of "aguacate"

Frequency rank: #15,265 in Spanish

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?
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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.