almirante

/[almiˈɾãn̪t̪e]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,748

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

almirante is aSpanishnoun. It means: Oficial de máximo rango de la Armada. Pronounced [almiˈɾãn̪t̪e]. It ranks #6,748 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Alicante.

Key facts for almirante
PropertyValue
Headwordalmirante
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[almiˈɾãn̪t̪e]
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,748
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for almirante is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [almiˈɾãn̪t̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,748 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for almirante, with forms such as "alimrante", "allmirante", and "almiarnte". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Alicante", 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 almirante, spelled A-L-M-I-R-A-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Oficial de máximo rango de la Armada.
  2. 2
    Oficial general de la Armada, inmediatamente superior al vicealmirante e inferior al almirante general.
  3. 3
    Antigua autoridad general naval, con mero mixto imperio y con mando absoluto sobre las armadas, navíos y galeras.
  4. 4
    Maestro de natación.
  5. 5
    Por extensión, cualquier comandante de una tropa armada.
  6. 6
    Noble o caudillo sarraceno.
  7. 7
    Voluminoso tocado que llevaban algunas damas en la España del siglo XVIII.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: alimrante,allmirante,almiarnte,almiranet,almirannte,almirantte,almiratne,almirnate,almirrante,almmirante,almriante,amlirante,lamirante

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for almirante

Misspelling Variants of "almirante"

alimrante9allmirante10almiarnte9almiranet9almirannte10almirantte10almiratne9almirnate9
Misspelling Variants of "almirante"

Frequency rank: #6,748 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "almirante"?
"almirante" is spelled A-L-M-I-R-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [almiˈɾãn̪t̪e].
What does "almirante" mean?
As a noun, "almirante" means: Oficial de máximo rango de la Armada.
What words are commonly confused with "almirante"?
"almirante" is commonly confused with "Alicante". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "almirante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "almirante" is [almiˈɾãn̪t̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "almirante" come from?
"almirante" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.