águila

/[ˈaɣ̞ila]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,900

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

águila is aSpanishnoun. It 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. Pronounced [ˈaɣ̞ila]. It ranks #8,900 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with aula and Ávila.

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

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for águila is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaɣ̞ila]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,900 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for águila, with forms such as "gáuila", "ágguila", and "ágiula". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "aula", "Ávila", "aguja", and more, 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 águila, spelled Á-G-U-I-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: gáuila,ágguila,ágiula,águial,águilla,águlia,áugila

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for águila

Misspelling Variants of "águila"

gáuila6ágguila7ágiula6águial6águilla7águlia6áugila6
Misspelling Variants of "águila"

Frequency rank: #8,900 in Spanish

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 covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.