ajedrez
The verdict
“ajedrez” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #8,213 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,213
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Juego de mesa que disputan dos jugadores sobre un tablero de 8×8 escaques de colores alternos. Los 16 trebejos con que cuenta cada jugador se mueven, sin intervención del azar, con el objetivo de c...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ajedrez |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [axeˈð̞ɾes] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #8,213 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ajedrez” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ajedrez is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [axeˈð̞ɾes]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,213 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 generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for ajedrez, with forms such as "aejdrez", "ajderez", and "ajeddrez". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. 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 ajedrez, spelled A-J-E-D-R-E-Z, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Juego de mesa que disputan dos jugadores sobre un tablero de 8×8 escaques de colores alternos. Los 16 trebejos con que cuenta cada jugador se mueven, sin intervención del azar, con el objetivo de colocar al rey contrario en una posición en la que no pueda evitar ser capturado, situación llamada jaque mate.
- 2Conjunto de las piezas y el tablero que se emplean en este deporte₁.
- 3Red de cabos (cuerdas) o reja de madera que protegía ciertos elementos de un buque, tales como el alcázar y las bordas.
- 4Asunto, situación, espacio, texto o plan particularmente complejo o que indica una estrategia elaborada.
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aejdrez,ajderez,ajeddrez,ajederz,ajedrezz,ajedrrez,ajedrze,ajerdez,ajjedrez,jaedrez
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ajedrez - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "ajedrez"
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 “ajedrez”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-J-E-D-R-E-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [axeˈð̞ɾes] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Nearby Spanish words
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