allí
[aˈʝi]
The verdict
“allí” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #453) as an adverb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #453
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 2
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Indica un lugar alejado de quienes hablan o se comunican.
Corpus desk
Index ES-alli · allí · Spanish
allí · rank #453 · 2 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #453
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 2 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH sociales
Nearest frequency peer: sociales (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “allí”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- pensar
pensar
99,551 corpus weight
- servicios
servicios
99,550 corpus weight
- sociales
sociales
99,549 corpus weight
- allí
allí
99,548 corpus weight
- atención
atención
99,547 corpus weight
- debería
debería
99,546 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “allí” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | allí |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [aˈʝi] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #453 |
| Misspellings tracked | 2 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “allí” sits in Spanish frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for allí is neighbouring look-alikes ("así", "ami", …), not just typos; it is anadverb pronounced [aˈʝi]. Frequency #453 among 7,704 “A” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 2 likely wrong-spelling variants for allí, including "alíl" and "lalí". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "así", "ami", "ari", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is allí, spelled A-L-L-Í.
Definition
- 1Indica un lugar alejado de quienes hablan o se comunican.
- 2Junto con aquí se usa para indicar lugares dispersos e indeterminados.
- 3Indica un aspecto del discurso que es un motivo para lo que sigue.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how allí appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Miramos por aquí y por allí, pero no lo encontramos.
Allí estriba la dificultad.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- alíl
- lalí
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of allí - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "allí", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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.