americano

[ameɾiˈkano]

/[ameɾiˈkano]/ adj

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The verdict

“americano” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #2,539. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,539
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Originario, relativo a, o propio de América.

Corpus desk

Index ES-americano · americano · Spanish

americano · rank #2,539 · 12 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,539
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH afirma

Nearest frequency peer: afirma (-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 “americano”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “americano” 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).

americano vs Américo
56% similar
americano vs Americas
67% similar
americano vs americanos
90% similar

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

Key facts for americano
PropertyValue
Headwordamericano
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ameɾiˈkano]
Letters9
Frequency rank#2,539
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “americano”

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

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “afirma” (#2,538), “Andrés” (#2,540), “zapatos” (#2,537). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “americano” va en #2,539. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around americano (IPA [ameɾiˈkano]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,539 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for americano, with forms such as "aemricano", "ameircano", and "amerciano". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Américo", "Americas", "americanos", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is americano, spelled A-M-E-R-I-C-A-N-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Originario, relativo a, o propio de América.
  2. 2
    Originario, relativo a, o propio de los Estados Unidos de América.

Synonyms

angloamericanoestadounidensenorteamericanousamericanoyanqui

This word in other languages

American(English)américain(Français)Amerikaner(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aemricano
  • ameircano
  • amerciano
  • ameriacno
  • americanno
  • americaon
  • americcano
  • americnao
  • amerricano
  • ammericano
  • amreicano
  • maericano

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of americano - 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.

aemricano2ameircano2amerciano2ameriacno2americanno1americaon2americcano1americnao2
Edit distance from "americano"

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 "americano"?
"americano" is spelled A-M-E-R-I-C-A-N-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ameɾiˈkano].
What does "americano" mean?
As an adjective, "americano" means: Originario, relativo a, o propio de América.
What words are commonly confused with "americano"?
"americano" is commonly confused with "Américo", "Americas", "americanos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "americano"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "americano" is [ameɾiˈkano]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "americano" come from?
"americano" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

compañías#2,548recuerdos#2,525demuestra#2,558entendido#2,561

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

cerveza12 variantsconsigue12 variantsparecido12 variantsespecies12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list