ambivalente
[ãmbiβ̞aˈlẽn̪t̪e]
The verdict
“ambivalente” has 18 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #47,542. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,542
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que permite o se presta a dos valores o interpretaciones, usualmente contrarias.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ambivalente |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ãmbiβ̞aˈlẽn̪t̪e] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #47,542 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ambivalente” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around ambivalente (IPA [ãmbiβ̞aˈlẽn̪t̪e]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #47,542 among 120,137 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for ambivalente, with forms such as "abmivalente", "ambbivalente", and "ambiavlente". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is ambivalente, spelled A-M-B-I-V-A-L-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Que permite o se presta a dos valores o interpretaciones, usualmente contrarias.
- 2Que posee o produce dos emociones o tendencias opuestas, como la atracción y la repulsión, el amor y el odio, etc.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abmivalente
- ambbivalente
- ambiavlente
- ambibalente
- ambivaelnte
- ambivalenet
- ambivalennte
- ambivalentte
- ambivaletne
- ambivallente
- ambivalnete
- ambivlaente
- ambivvalente
- ambvialente
- amibvalente
- ammbivalente
- amvivalente
- mabivalente
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ambivalente - 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 “ambivalente”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-M-B-I-V-A-L-E-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ãmbiβ̞aˈlẽn̪t̪e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.