ambiguas
[ãmˈbiɣ̞was]
The verdict
“ambiguas” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #42,245 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #42,245
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del femenino plural de ambiguo.
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 | ambiguas |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ãmˈbiɣ̞was] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #42,245 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ambiguas” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ambiguas is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ãmˈbiɣ̞was]. Corpus data places it at rank #42,245 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del femenino plural de ambiguo.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for ambiguas, with forms such as "abmiguas", "ambbiguas", and "ambgiuas". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "amigas", "ambiguo", "antiguas", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is ambiguas, spelled A-M-B-I-G-U-A-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del femenino plural de ambiguo.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: abmiguas,ambbiguas,ambgiuas,ambigaus,ambigguas,ambiguass,ambigusa,ambiugas,amibguas,ammbiguas,amviguas,mabiguas
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ambiguas - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “ambiguas”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-M-B-I-G-U-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ãmˈbiɣ̞was] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “amigas” - see the side-by-side comparison. ambiguas vs amigas
- 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.