aguantar

[aɣ̞wãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

/[aɣ̞wãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]/ verb

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The verdict

“aguantar” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #5,578. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,578
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mantenerse en una posición o actitud a pesar de contratiempos o embates.

Corpus desk

Index ES-aguantar · aguantar · Spanish

aguantar · rank #5,578 · 11 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,578
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH agrega

Nearest frequency peer: agrega (-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 “aguantar”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “aguantar” 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).

aguantar vs aguante
75% similar
aguantar vs apuntar
75% similar
aguantar vs aguanto
75% similar

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

Key facts for aguantar
PropertyValue
Headwordaguantar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[aɣ̞wãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,578
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “aguantar”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.aguantarcae 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 “agrega” (#5,577), “ahorrar” (#5,579), “afectado” (#5,576). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “aguantar” va en #5,578. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around aguantar (IPA [aɣ̞wãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,578 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for aguantar, with forms such as "agauntar", "agguantar", and "aguanatr". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "aguante", "apuntar", "aguanto", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is aguantar, spelled A-G-U-A-N-T-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mantenerse en una posición o actitud a pesar de contratiempos o embates.
  2. 2
    Resistir con fortaleza o vigor pesos, impulsos, trabajos, etc.
  3. 3
    Adelantar el diestro el pie izquierdo, en la suerte de matar, para citar al toro, conservando esta postura hasta dar la estocada, y resistiendo cuanto le es posible la embestida, de la cual se libra con el movimiento de la muleta y con la huida.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. «A todo esto, Steve Harris puso al mal tiempo buena cara y se la aguantó hasta que todo terminó».
  2. «Martin aguantó a Lewis hasta el momento en que vio que ya no lo necesitaba y que podía iniciar una carrera en solitario».

Synonyms

resistirsoportarsufrirtolerar

This word in other languages

hold(English)supporter(Français)aushalten(Deutsch)agüentar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agauntar
  • agguantar
  • aguanatr
  • aguanntar
  • aguantarr
  • aguantra
  • aguanttar
  • aguatnar
  • agunatar
  • augantar
  • gauantar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

agauntar2agguantar1aguanatr2aguanntar1aguantarr1aguantra2aguanttar1aguatnar2
Edit distance from "aguantar"

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 "aguantar"?
"aguantar" is spelled A-G-U-A-N-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [aɣ̞wãn̪ˈt̪aɾ].
What does "aguantar" mean?
As a verb, "aguantar" means: Mantenerse en una posición o actitud a pesar de contratiempos o embates.
What words are commonly confused with "aguantar"?
"aguantar" is commonly confused with "aguante", "apuntar", "aguanto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aguantar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aguantar" is [aɣ̞wãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aguantar" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

afectado#5,576vendedor#5,574urgencia#5,573Trinidad#5,570

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

cubanos11 variantsprestar11 variantseficacia11 variantselegante11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list