alegría

/[aleˈɣ̞ɾia]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,146

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

alegría is aSpanishnoun. It means: Sensación de contento que se produce debido a algo agradable. Pronounced [aleˈɣ̞ɾia]. It ranks #2,146 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with alerta and alegro.

Key facts for alegría
PropertyValue
Headwordalegría
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aleˈɣ̞ɾia]
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,146
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of alegría in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for alegría is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aleˈɣ̞ɾia]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,146 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for alegría, with forms such as "aelgría", "aleggría", and "alegraí". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "alerta", "alegro", "avería", 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 alegría, spelled A-L-E-G-R-Í-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sensación de contento que se produce debido a algo agradable.
  2. 2
    Lo que produce dicha sensación.
  3. 3
    Tipo de cante flamenco.
  4. 4
    Planta anual, frecuentemente utilizada en jardinería, que no suele sobrepasar los 50 centímetros, de tallos erguidos y rectos muy ramificados. Las hojas son lanceoladas y de color verde claro, tienen cortos peciolos y bordes aserrados.
  5. 5
    Dulce mexicano elaborado principalmente de amaranto y miel.
  6. 6
    Nuégado en que entra la simiente llamada alegría₁₂.
  7. 7
    Taberna
  8. 8
    El estado en que se halla una facultad mental cuando alcanza el objeto especial de su deseo.
  9. 9
    Dulce seco hecho de ajonjolí ó coco rallado, millo, miel de cana, azúcar, etc.
  10. 10
    Abertura, por la de una porta.
  11. 11
    Planta de un pie de altura , con los tallos y hojas vellosas y la flor blanca, y que produce una cajilla, dentro de la cual se contienen cuatro semillas ovaladas, comprimidas y amarillentas.
  12. 12
    Simiente de esta planta₁₂, que se aprovecha para dar sabor a algunos manjares.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aelgría,aleggría,alegraí,alegrría,alegíra,alergía,algería,allegría,laegría

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for alegría

Misspelling Variants of "alegría"

aelgría7aleggría8alegraí7alegrría8alegíra7alergía7algería7allegría8
Misspelling Variants of "alegría"

Frequency rank: #2,146 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alegría"?
"alegría" is spelled A-L-E-G-R-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [aleˈɣ̞ɾia].
What does "alegría" mean?
As a noun, "alegría" means: Sensación de contento que se produce debido a algo agradable.
What words are commonly confused with "alegría"?
"alegría" is commonly confused with "alerta", "alegro", "avería". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alegría"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alegría" is [aleˈɣ̞ɾia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alegría" 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.