alrededor

/[alreð̞eˈð̞oɾ]/ adv

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#680

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

alrededor is anSpanishadv. It means: Denota la situación de personas o cosas que circundan a otras. Pronounced [alreð̞eˈð̞oɾ]. It ranks #680 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with alrededores and acreedor.

Key facts for alrededor
PropertyValue
Headwordalrededor
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdv
IPA[alreð̞eˈð̞oɾ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#680
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for alrededor is 9 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [alreð̞eˈð̞oɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #680 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 2 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 alrededor, with forms such as "alerdedor", "allrededor", and "alrdeedor". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "alrededores", "acreedor", 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 alrededor, spelled A-L-R-E-D-E-D-O-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Denota la situación de personas o cosas que circundan a otras.
  2. 2
    Denota la dirección en la que una persona o cosa se mueve para circundar a otra.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: alerdedor,allrededor,alrdeedor,alreddedor,alreddeor,alrededdor,alrededorr,alrededro,alredeodr,alreeddor,alrrededor,arlededor,larededor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for alrededor

Misspelling Variants of "alrededor"

alerdedor9allrededor10alrdeedor9alreddedor10alreddeor9alrededdor10alrededorr10alrededro9
Misspelling Variants of "alrededor"

Frequency rank: #680 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alrededor"?
"alrededor" is spelled A-L-R-E-D-E-D-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [alreð̞eˈð̞oɾ].
What does "alrededor" mean?
As an adv, "alrededor" means: Denota la situación de personas o cosas que circundan a otras.
What words are commonly confused with "alrededor"?
"alrededor" is commonly confused with "alrededores", "acreedor". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alrededor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alrededor" is [alreð̞eˈð̞oɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alrededor" come from?
"alrededor" 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.