amarillo

/[amaˈɾiʝo]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,755

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

amarillo is aSpanishnoun. It 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... Pronounced [amaˈɾiʝo]. It ranks #3,755 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with amarillos and armadillo.

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

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for amarillo is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for amarillo, with forms such as "aamrillo", "amairllo", and "amarilo". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "amarillos", "armadillo", "amarilla", 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 amarillo, spelled A-M-A-R-I-L-L-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aamrillo,amairllo,amarilo,amarilol,amarlilo,amarrillo,ammarillo,amraillo,maarillo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for amarillo

Misspelling Variants of "amarillo"

aamrillo8amairllo8amarilo7amarilol8amarlilo8amarrillo9ammarillo9amraillo8
Misspelling Variants of "amarillo"

Frequency rank: #3,755 in Spanish

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. 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.