águila

[ˈaɣ̞ila]

/[ˈaɣ̞ila]/ noun

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The verdict

“águila” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #8,900. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,900
frequency rank, Spanish
60
“Á” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cualquiera de las Aves carnívoras pertenecientes a la familia de los Accipitridae, que tiene un pico fuerte en forma de gancho y una visión muy aguda.

Corpus desk

Index ES-aguila · águila · Spanish

águila · rank #8,900 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,900
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 60
  • PHOTO-FINISH zorra

Nearest frequency peer: zorra (-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 “águila”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “águila” 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).

águila vs aula
50% similar
águila vs Ávila
50% similar
águila vs aguja
50% similar

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

Key facts for águila
PropertyValue
Headwordáguila
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaɣ̞ila]
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,900
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “águila”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).águilacae aquí:

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “zorra” (#8,899), “activista” (#8,901), “volverse” (#8,898). Entre 60 lemas con “Á”, “águila” va en #8,900. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around águila (IPA [ˈaɣ̞ila]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,900 among 60 “Á” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for águila, with forms such as "gáuila", "ágguila", and "ágiula". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "aula", "Ávila", "aguja", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is águila, spelled Á-G-U-I-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cualquiera de las Aves carnívoras pertenecientes a la familia de los Accipitridae, que tiene un pico fuerte en forma de gancho y una visión muy aguda.
  2. 2
    Insignia principal de la legión romana, hecha de plata o de bronce. Tenía las alas extendidas.
  3. 3
    Puntaje correspondiente a finalizar un hoyo con dos golpes menos que los indicados como media (par) para el mismo.
  4. 4
    la ave como figura o soporte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Alta en el cielo un águila guerrera audaz se eleva en vuelo triunfal, azul un ala del color del cielo, azul un ala del color del mar.

This word in other languages

eagle(English)aigle(Français)Adler(Deutsch)águia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gáuila
  • ágguila
  • ágiula
  • águial
  • águilla
  • águlia
  • áugila

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of águila - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

gáuila2ágguila1ágiula2águial2águilla1águlia2áugila2
Edit distance from "águila"

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 "águila"?
"águila" is spelled Á-G-U-I-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaɣ̞ila].
What does "águila" mean?
As a noun, "águila" means: Cualquiera de las Aves carnívoras pertenecientes a la familia de los Accipitridae, que tiene un pico fuerte en forma de gancho y una visión muy aguda.
What words are commonly confused with "águila"?
"águila" is commonly confused with "aula", "Ávila", "aguja". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "águila"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "águila" is [ˈaɣ̞ila]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "águila" come from?
"águila" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Varela#8,892apoyos#8,909Atenas#8,913tomaba#8,886

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

casual7 variantscausan7 variantscese7 variantsroles7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list