ahora
[aˈoɾa]
The verdict
“ahora” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #64. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #64
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En este instante, en este momento, en el momento actual.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ahora · ahora · Spanish
ahora · rank #64 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #64
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH hacer
Nearest frequency peer: hacer (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “ahora”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- desde
desde
99,940 corpus weight
- hasta
hasta
99,939 corpus weight
- hacer
hacer
99,938 corpus weight
- ahora
ahora
99,937 corpus weight
- era
era
99,936 corpus weight
- esto
esto
99,935 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ahora” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | ahora |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [aˈoɾa] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #64 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “ahora” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around ahora (IPA [aˈoɾa]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #64 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for ahora, with forms such as "ahhora", "ahoar", and "ahroa". 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, "amor", "aura", "aora", 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 ahora, spelled A-H-O-R-A.
Definition
- 1En este instante, en este momento, en el momento actual.
- 2A partir de este momento.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ahora appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ahora no habrá más corrupción.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahhora
- ahoar
- ahroa
- aohra
- haora
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ahora - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ahora", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "ahora". Here's where to go from here.
- "ahora" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "amor". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #64 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "A" letter cohort. A–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.