andar
Letters
5 characters
Frequency Rank
#2,485
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
6
tracked variants
Confusables
20
similar word pairs
andar is aSpanishverb. It means: Ir de un lugar a otro dando pasos. Pronounced [ãn̪ˈd̪aɾ]. It ranks #2,485 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with anna and azar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | andar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ãn̪ˈd̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #2,485 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for andar is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ãn̪ˈd̪aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,485 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 19 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for andar, with forms such as "adnar", "anadr", and "andarr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "anna", "azar", "Ando", 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 andar, spelled A-N-D-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Ir de un lugar a otro dando pasos.
- 2Ir de un lugar a otro algo.
- 3Moverse un artefacto o máquina para ejecutar sus funciones.
- 4Estar₉.
- 5Haber₃.
- 6Entender o entenderse en algo.
- 7Dicho del tiempo: Pasar o correr.
- 8Con las preposiciones con y sin, y algunos nombres, tener o padecer lo que el nombre significa, o al contrario.
- 9Seguido de la preposición a y de nombres en plural, como cachetes, cuchilladas, tiros, darlos, o reñir de este modo.
- 10Seguido de la preposición en, poner o meter las manos o los dedos en alguna cosa.
- 11Seguido de un número que indique años, estar por cumplir estos.
- 12Seguido de la preposición con, manejar₁.
- 13Ir₁.
- 14Arribar₇.
- 15Recorrer.
- 16Seguido de la preposición a y otro verbo, ocuparse en, ponerse a, ejecutar la acción de dicho verbo.
- 17Con las preposiciones con y en, usar o emplear.
- 18Marchar, funcionar.
- 19Mantener una relación amorosa con pocas formalidades o compromisos.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: adnar,anadr,andarr,anddar,andra,anndar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for andar
Misspelling Variants of "andar"
Frequency rank: #2,485 in Spanish
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