altura

/[al̪ˈt̪uɾa]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,435

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

altura is aSpanishnoun. It means: Distancia vertical de un punto a la base, longitud vertical. Pronounced [al̪ˈt̪uɾa]. It ranks #1,435 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with aura and Arturo.

Key facts for altura
PropertyValue
Headwordaltura
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[al̪ˈt̪uɾa]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,435
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for altura is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [al̪ˈt̪uɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,435 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 13 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for altura, with forms such as "alltura", "altrua", and "alttura". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "aura", "Arturo", "autora", 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 altura, spelled A-L-T-U-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Distancia vertical de un punto a la base, longitud vertical.
  2. 2
    Distancia vertical medida con relación al nivel del mar.
  3. 3
    Distancia vertical medida con relación a una superficie cualquiera, como la de la tierra.
  4. 4
    Ángulo que forma con el plano del horizonte una línea recta en dirección a un astro.
  5. 5
    Distancia del ecuador medida en grados.
  6. 6
    Cumbres de montes y montañas.
  7. 7
    Nivel entre dos cosas que se comparan.
  8. 8
    El cielo.
  9. 9
    Lugar elevado en el aire.
  10. 10
    Mérito.
  11. 11
    Dignidad.
  12. 12
    Distancia perpendicular de un lado o una cara, al punto más alejado o vértice.
  13. 13
    Ubicación de un sonido en una escala de frecuencias que va desde el sonido más agudo al más grave.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: alltura,altrua,alttura,altuar,alturra,alutra,atlura,latura

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for altura

Misspelling Variants of "altura"

alltura7altrua6alttura7altuar6alturra7alutra6atlura6latura6
Misspelling Variants of "altura"

Frequency rank: #1,435 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "altura"?
"altura" is spelled A-L-T-U-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [al̪ˈt̪uɾa].
What does "altura" mean?
As a noun, "altura" means: Distancia vertical de un punto a la base, longitud vertical.
What words are commonly confused with "altura"?
"altura" is commonly confused with "aura", "Arturo", "autora". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "altura"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "altura" is [al̪ˈt̪uɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "altura" come from?
"altura" 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.