almuérdago
[alˈmweɾð̞aɣ̞o]
The verdict
“almuérdago” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
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- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nombre común de varias especies botánicas, en particular del Viscum album, planta semiparásita siempre verde, de hojas carnosas, flores amarillas y frutos blancuzcos, que vive sobre los troncos y r...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | almuérdago |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [alˈmweɾð̞aɣ̞o] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “almuérdago” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
almuérdago is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [alˈmweɾð̞aɣ̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nombre común de varias especies botánicas, en particular del Viscum album, planta semiparásita siempre verde, de hojas carnosas, flores amarillas y frutos blancuzcos, que vive sobre los troncos y r...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for almuérdago, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is almuérdago, spelled A-L-M-U-É-R-D-A-G-O.
Definition
- 1Nombre común de varias especies botánicas, en particular del Viscum album, planta semiparásita siempre verde, de hojas carnosas, flores amarillas y frutos blancuzcos, que vive sobre los troncos y ramas de los árboles.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “almuérdago”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-L-M-U-É-R-D-A-G-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [alˈmweɾð̞aɣ̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.