ajedrea

/[axeˈð̞ɾea]/ noun

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7 characters

Language

Spanish

word origin

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ajedrea is aSpanishnoun. It means: (Satureja spp.) Género de unas 50 especies aceptadas de hierbas y arbustos de la familia de las lamiáceas, nativos de las regiones templadas del hemisferio norte. Varias se utilizan como hierbas ar... Pronounced [axeˈð̞ɾea].

Key facts for ajedrea
PropertyValue
Headwordajedrea
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[axeˈð̞ɾea]
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

ajedrea is not present in the top-100,000 ranked Spanish corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for ajedrea is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [axeˈð̞ɾea]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for ajedrea in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 ajedrea, spelled A-J-E-D-R-E-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Satureja spp.) Género de unas 50 especies aceptadas de hierbas y arbustos de la familia de las lamiáceas, nativos de las regiones templadas del hemisferio norte. Varias se utilizan como hierbas aromáticas y en gastronomía. Crecen en suelos secos bien drenados. Son de poca altura, con hojas opuestas de formas desde oval hasta lanceolada, de 1 a 3 cm de largo. Producen racimos de pequeñas flores, con tonos desde blanco hasta violáceo, de atractivo ornamental.
  2. 2
    (Satureja hortensis) Planta anual de la familia de las lamiáceas o labiadas, que alcanza unos 30 cm de altura, con flores rosadas o lila, de hojas verde oscuro finas y delgadas. Tiene valor ornamental para jardines y medicinal para bebidas aromáticas.
  3. 3
    (Satureja montana) Planta perenne de la familia de las lamiáceas o labiadas, que alcanza unos 50 cm de altura, con flores blancas, de hojas alargadas de unos 5 mm de ancho. Tiene valor ornamental para jardines, medicinal para bebidas y culinario para condimentos picantes.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ajedrea"?
"ajedrea" is spelled A-J-E-D-R-E-A. The IPA pronunciation is [axeˈð̞ɾea].
What does "ajedrea" mean?
As a noun, "ajedrea" means: (Satureja spp.) Género de unas 50 especies aceptadas de hierbas y arbustos de la familia de las lamiáceas, nativos de las regiones templadas del hemisferio norte. Varias se utilizan como hierbas ar...
How do you pronounce "ajedrea"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ajedrea" is [axeˈð̞ɾea]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ajedrea" come from?
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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.