alargado
[alaɾˈɣ̞að̞o]
The verdict
“alargado” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #30,744 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #30,744
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que es más largo que ancho.
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 | alargado |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [alaɾˈɣ̞að̞o] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #30,744 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “alargado” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for alargado is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [alaɾˈɣ̞að̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #30,744 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for alargado, with forms such as "aalrgado", "alagrado", and "alaragdo". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "apagado", "alargar", "alegado", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is alargado, spelled A-L-A-R-G-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1Que es más largo que ancho.
- 2Que es más largo de lo normal.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aalrgado,alagrado,alaragdo,alargaddo,alargaod,alargdao,alarggado,alarrgado,allargado,alragado,laargado
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alargado - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “alargado”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-L-A-R-G-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [alaɾˈɣ̞að̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “apagado” - see the side-by-side comparison. alargado vs apagado
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.