amonestar

[amonesˈt̪aɾ]

/[amonesˈt̪aɾ]/ verb

The verdict

“amonestar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #99,183 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,183
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hacer presente alguna cosa para que se considere, procure o evite.

Corpus desk

Index ES-amonestar · amonestar · Spanish

amonestar · rank #99,183 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,183
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH anchoveta

Nearest frequency peer: anchoveta (+3 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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “amonestar”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “amonestar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for amonestar
PropertyValue
Headwordamonestar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[amonesˈt̪aɾ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#99,183
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “amonestar” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).amonestarcae en esta cola de rareza:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “anchoveta” (#99,186), “Altuna” (#99,178), “anemias” (#99,188). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “amonestar” va en #99,183. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

amonestar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #99,183 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [amonesˈt̪aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for amonestar, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 amonestar, spelled A-M-O-N-E-S-T-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hacer presente alguna cosa para que se considere, procure o evite.
  2. 2
    Advertir y aplicar un correctivo a una persona por una falta que esta haya cometido. Suele ser más leve que una sanción en sí.
  3. 3
    Publicar en la iglesia al tiempo de la misa mayor los nombres y otras circunstancias de las personas que quieren contraer matrimonio u ordenarse, para que si alguien supiere algún impedimento lo denuncie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how amonestar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Esta fábula amonesta que ninguno sea ingrato al beneficio que recibe, antes bien se muestre siempre agradecido y lo pague cuando se le ofreciere ocasión.

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 "amonestar"?
"amonestar" is spelled A-M-O-N-E-S-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [amonesˈt̪aɾ].
What does "amonestar" mean?
As a verb, "amonestar" means: Hacer presente alguna cosa para que se considere, procure o evite.
How do you pronounce "amonestar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amonestar" is [amonesˈt̪aɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "amonestar" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list