ahorrar
[aoˈraɾ]
The verdict
“ahorrar” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #5,579. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,579
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Evitar consumir innecesariamente algún recurso.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ahorrar · ahorrar · Spanish
ahorrar · rank #5,579 · 8 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,579
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH aguantar
Nearest frequency peer: aguantar (-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 “ahorrar”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- afectado
afectado
94,425 corpus weight
- agrega
agrega
94,424 corpus weight
- aguantar
aguantar
94,423 corpus weight
- ahorrar
ahorrar
94,422 corpus weight
- Alza
Alza
94,421 corpus weight
- Andes
Andes
94,420 corpus weight
What this shows “ahorrar” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | ahorrar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aoˈraɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #5,579 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “ahorrar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around ahorrar (IPA [aoˈraɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,579 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for ahorrar, with forms such as "ahhorrar", "ahorar", and "ahorarr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "ahorro", "aportar", "ahorros", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is ahorrar, spelled A-H-O-R-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1Evitar consumir innecesariamente algún recurso.
- 2Guardar dinero para el futuro o con algún propósito.
- 3Aprovechar los descuentos o rebajas de precios al comprar artículos.
- 4Evitar gastos superfluos.
- 5Evitar consecuencias negativas derivadas de ciertas actitudes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ahorrar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Por ejemplo, un compilador capaz de notar que A(3, 2) se puede calcular basándose en potencias de 2, o que guarda resultados intermediarios tales como A(3, n) y A(2, n) en lugar de recalcularlos cada vez, ahorraría tiempo de ejecución por un factor de 100 o 1000.
La Marsellesa exaltaba desde sus comienzos el ánimo patriótico, hasta tal punto que Napoleón Bonaparte dijo en una ocasión: «Esta música nos ahorrará muchos cañones».
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahhorrar
- ahorar
- ahorarr
- ahorrarr
- ahorrra
- ahrorar
- aohrrar
- haorrar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ahorrar - 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ahorrar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).