amarillo

[amaˈɾiʝo]

/[amaˈɾiʝo]/ noun

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The verdict

“amarillo” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #3,755. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,755
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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...

Corpus desk

Index ES-amarillo · amarillo · Spanish

amarillo · rank #3,755 · 9 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,755
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH alemanes

Nearest frequency peer: alemanes (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “amarillo”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “amarillo” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

amarillo vs amarillos
89% similar
amarillo vs armadillo
78% similar
amarillo vs amarilla
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for amarillo
PropertyValue
Headwordamarillo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[amaˈɾiʝo]
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,755
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “amarillo”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.amarillocae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “alemanes” (#3,754), “aprovechar” (#3,756), “adicional” (#3,753). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “amarillo” va en #3,755. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around amarillo (IPA [amaˈɾiʝo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,755 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    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 frutos como la piña, maracuyá, plátanos, limones, etc.; así como lácteos como la mantequilla y algunos tipos de queso.
  2. 2
    Sustancia colorante que tiñe de amarillo₁.
  3. 3
    Modorra, adormecimiento del gusano de seda con el tiempo gris cuando es pequeño.
  4. 4
    Nombre de varias plantas americanas con flores amarillas.

This word in other languages

yellow(English)jaune(Français)gelb(Deutsch)amarelo(Português)

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.

aamrillo2amairllo2amarilo1amarilol2amarlilo2amarrillo1ammarillo1amraillo2
Edit distance from "amarillo"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "amarillo"?
"amarillo" is spelled A-M-A-R-I-L-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is [amaˈɾiʝo].
What does "amarillo" mean?
As a noun, "amarillo" means: 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...
What words are commonly confused with "amarillo"?
"amarillo" is commonly confused with "amarillos", "armadillo", "amarilla". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "amarillo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amarillo" is [amaˈɾiʝo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "amarillo" come from?
"amarillo" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "amarillo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

alemanes#3,754combatir#3,767sesiones#3,739distinta#3,774

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

bravo9 variantsactriz9 variantscoches9 variantssocios9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list