aguante
[aˈɣ̞wãn̪t̪e]
The verdict
“aguante” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #7,252 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #7,252
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de aguantar o de aguantarse.
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 | aguante |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aˈɣ̞wãn̪t̪e] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #7,252 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aguante” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for aguante is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈɣ̞wãn̪t̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,252 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for aguante, with forms such as "agaunte", "agguante", and "aguanet". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "amante", "apunte", "aguanto", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is aguante, spelled A-G-U-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de aguantar o de aguantarse.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de aguantar o de aguantarse.
- 3Segunda persona del singular (usted) del imperativo de aguantar o del imperativo negativo de aguantarse.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: agaunte,agguante,aguanet,aguannte,aguantte,aguatne,agunate,augante,gauante
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aguante - 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 “aguante”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-G-U-A-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aˈɣ̞wãn̪t̪e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “amante” - see the side-by-side comparison. aguante vs amante
- 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.