ampliar

/[ãmˈpljaɾ]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,914

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

ampliar is aSpanishverb. It means: Hacer más amplio, aumentar o hacer más grande en tamaño, profundidad, contenido, cantidad, duración o alcance; extender los límites de algo. Pronounced [ãmˈpljaɾ]. It ranks #5,914 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with amplio and aplicar.

Key facts for ampliar
PropertyValue
Headwordampliar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ãmˈpljaɾ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,914
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for ampliar is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ãmˈpljaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,914 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Hacer más amplio, aumentar o hacer más grande en tamaño, profundidad, contenido, cantidad, duración o alcance; extender los límites de algo.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for ampliar, with forms such as "amlpiar", "ammpliar", and "ampilar". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "amplio", "aplicar", "amplios", 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 ampliar, spelled A-M-P-L-I-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hacer más amplio, aumentar o hacer más grande en tamaño, profundidad, contenido, cantidad, duración o alcance; extender los límites de algo.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amlpiar,ammpliar,ampilar,amplair,ampliarr,amplira,amplliar,amppliar,apmliar,mapliar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ampliar

Misspelling Variants of "ampliar"

amlpiar7ammpliar8ampilar7amplair7ampliarr8amplira7amplliar8amppliar8
Misspelling Variants of "ampliar"

Frequency rank: #5,914 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ampliar"?
"ampliar" is spelled A-M-P-L-I-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ãmˈpljaɾ].
What does "ampliar" mean?
As a verb, "ampliar" means: Hacer más amplio, aumentar o hacer más grande en tamaño, profundidad, contenido, cantidad, duración o alcance; extender los límites de algo.
What words are commonly confused with "ampliar"?
"ampliar" is commonly confused with "amplio", "aplicar", "amplios". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ampliar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ampliar" is [ãmˈpljaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ampliar" come from?
"ampliar" 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.