ahogarse
[aoˈɣ̞aɾse]
The verdict
“ahogarse” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #39,556 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #39,556
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - No poder respirar, por ejemplo a causa de inmersión en el agua o por presión en la garganta, hasta a veces morir.
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 | ahogarse |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aoˈɣ̞aɾse] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #39,556 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ahogarse” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ahogarse is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aoˈɣ̞aɾse]. Corpus data places it at rank #39,556 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for ahogarse, with forms such as "ahgoarse", "ahhogarse", and "ahoagrse". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "apoyarse", "apagarse", "asomarse", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is ahogarse, spelled A-H-O-G-A-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1No poder respirar, por ejemplo a causa de inmersión en el agua o por presión en la garganta, hasta a veces morir.
- 2Sufrir daño una planta o una semilla por exceso de agua o de vegetación circundante.
- 3Detener un fuego sus llamas por falta de aire o por acción del agua.
- 4Sentir agobio, angustia o fatiga, especialmente por presión física o emocional en el pecho.
- 5Sentir gran aflicción o pena.
- 6Inundarse de combustible un motor o carburador.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ahgoarse,ahhogarse,ahoagrse,ahogarce,ahogares,ahogarrse,ahogarsse,ahogasre,ahoggarse,ahograse,aohgarse,haogarse
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ahogarse - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “ahogarse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-H-O-G-A-R-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aoˈɣ̞aɾse] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “apoyarse” - see the side-by-side comparison. ahogarse vs apoyarse
- 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.