albañil

[alβ̞aˈɲil]

/[alβ̞aˈɲil]/ noun

The verdict

“albañil” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #21,212. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,212
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Persona cuyo oficio es el arte de construir edificaciones con ladrillo, piedra, arena, cal, o materiales similares. Algunas de sus herramientas habituales son la plomada, la escuadra y el nivel.

Corpus desk

Index ES-albanil · albañil · Spanish

albañil · rank #21,212 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,212
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH aguantando

Nearest frequency peer: aguantando (-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 “albañil”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “albañil” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

albañil vs Albano
43% similar
albañil vs Albany
43% similar
albañil vs albañiles
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for albañil
PropertyValue
Headwordalbañil
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[alβ̞aˈɲil]
Letters7
Frequency rank#21,212
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “albañil”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).albañilcae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “aguantando” (#21,211), “alcanzados” (#21,213), “alcohólico” (#21,214). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “albañil” va en #21,212. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around albañil (IPA [alβ̞aˈɲil]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,212 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Persona cuyo oficio es el arte de construir edificaciones con ladrillo, piedra, arena, cal, o materiales similares. Algunas de sus herramientas habituales son la plomada, la escuadra y el nivel.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for albañil, with forms such as "ablañil", "alabñil", and "albaiñl". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Albano", "Albany", "albañiles", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is albañil, spelled A-L-B-A-Ñ-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Persona cuyo oficio es el arte de construir edificaciones con ladrillo, piedra, arena, cal, o materiales similares. Algunas de sus herramientas habituales son la plomada, la escuadra y el nivel.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ablañil
  • alabñil
  • albaiñl
  • albañill
  • albañli
  • albbañil
  • albñail
  • allbañil
  • alvañil
  • labañil

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of albañil - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ablañil2alabñil2albaiñl2albañill1albañli2albbañil1albñail2allbañil1
Edit distance from "albañil"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "albañil"?
"albañil" is spelled A-L-B-A-Ñ-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is [alβ̞aˈɲil].
What does "albañil" mean?
As a noun, "albañil" means: Persona cuyo oficio es el arte de construir edificaciones con ladrillo, piedra, arena, cal, o materiales similares. Algunas de sus herramientas habituales son la plomada, la escuadra y el nivel.
What words are commonly confused with "albañil"?
"albañil" is commonly confused with "Albano", "Albany", "albañiles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "albañil"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "albañil" is [alβ̞aˈɲil]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "albañil" come from?
"albañil" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "albañil", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list