amarillo
[amaˈɾiʝo]
The verdict
“amarillo” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #3,755 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,755
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Color percibido por el ojo humano de la luz con una longitud de onda entre 565 nanómetros y 590 nanómetros. Se considera tradicionalmente el tercer color del arcoíris o espectro solar. Similar a fr...
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 | amarillo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [amaˈɾiʝo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #3,755 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “amarillo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for amarillo is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [amaˈɾiʝo]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,755 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for amarillo, with forms such as "aamrillo", "amairllo", and "amarilo". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "amarillos", "armadillo", "amarilla", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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. The correct Spanish form is amarillo, spelled A-M-A-R-I-L-L-O.
Definition
- 1Color percibido por el ojo humano de la luz con una longitud de onda entre 565 nanómetros y 590 nanómetros. Se considera tradicionalmente el tercer color del arcoíris o espectro solar. Similar a frutos como la piña, maracuyá, plátanos, limones, etc.; así como lácteos como la mantequilla y algunos tipos de queso.
- 2Sustancia colorante que tiñe de amarillo₁.
- 3Modorra, adormecimiento del gusano de seda con el tiempo gris cuando es pequeño.
- 4Nombre de varias plantas americanas con flores amarillas.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aamrillo,amairllo,amarilo,amarilol,amarlilo,amarrillo,ammarillo,amraillo,maarillo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of amarillo - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “amarillo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-M-A-R-I-L-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [amaˈɾiʝo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “amarillos” - see the side-by-side comparison. amarillo vs amarillos
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.