ajustar
Letters
7 characters
Frequency Rank
#10,257
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
10
tracked variants
Confusables
16
similar word pairs
ajustar is aSpanishverb. It means: Modificar hasta llevar a la forma o tamaño justo o adecuado, en particular para permitir que case o que no discrepe con otra cosa, o que sus partes se acoplen bien. Pronounced [axusˈt̪aɾ]. Often confused with ajuste and apostar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ajustar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [axusˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #10,257 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ajustar is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [axusˈt̪aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,257 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for ajustar, with forms such as "ajjustar", "ajsutar", and "ajusatr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "ajuste", "apostar", "ajustes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 ajustar, spelled A-J-U-S-T-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Modificar hasta llevar a la forma o tamaño justo o adecuado, en particular para permitir que case o que no discrepe con otra cosa, o que sus partes se acoplen bien.
- 2Hacer posible algo a través un acuerdo justo, como un contrato, tratado, casamiento, tregua, etc.
- 3Hacer que quienes estaban en desacuerdo o enemistad dialoguen y se pongan de acuerdo.
- 4Reconocer y pagar una deuda o cuenta pendiente.
- 5Determinar el precio de algo.
- 6Hacer óptimo el funcionamiento de algo.
- 7Completar una suma o un total.
- 8Dar un golpe a alguien o a algo.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ajjustar,ajsutar,ajusatr,ajusstar,ajustarr,ajustra,ajusttar,ajutsar,aujstar,jaustar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ajustar
Misspelling Variants of "ajustar"
Frequency rank: #10,257 in Spanish
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Nearby Spanish words
Other entries that begin with the letter A in our Spanish index: