anotar

[anoˈt̪aɾ]

/[anoˈt̪aɾ]/ verb

The verdict

“anotar” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #10,791. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,791
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tomar notas o comentarios.

Corpus desk

Index ES-anotar · anotar · Spanish

anotar · rank #10,791 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,791
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH alteración

Nearest frequency peer: alteración (-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 “anotar”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “anotar” 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).

anotar vs atar
67% similar
anotar vs anta
67% similar
anotar vs anoto
67% similar

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

Key facts for anotar
PropertyValue
Headwordanotar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[anoˈt̪aɾ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#10,791
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “anotar”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).anotarcae 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 “alteración” (#10,790), “aportan” (#10,792), “almacenes” (#10,789). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “anotar” va en #10,791. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around anotar (IPA [anoˈt̪aɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,791 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for anotar, with forms such as "annotar", "anoatr", and "anotarr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "atar", "anta", "anoto", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 anotar, spelled A-N-O-T-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tomar notas o comentarios.
  2. 2
    Obtener ventaja en un evento deportivo.
  3. 3
    . Inscribirse para participar en un evento.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Rousseau anotó sus teorías en varios de sus escritos, particularmente en Sobre el Contrato Social.
  2. Debutó con la Selección absoluta el 15 de agosto de 2001 en un partido amistoso ante Grecia en el que ya anotó 20 puntos.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • annotar
  • anoatr
  • anotarr
  • anotra
  • anottar
  • antoar
  • aontar
  • naotar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

annotar1anoatr2anotarr1anotra2anottar1antoar2aontar2naotar2
Edit distance from "anotar"

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 "anotar"?
"anotar" is spelled A-N-O-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [anoˈt̪aɾ].
What does "anotar" mean?
As a verb, "anotar" means: Tomar notas o comentarios.
What words are commonly confused with "anotar"?
"anotar" is commonly confused with "atar", "anta", "anoto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "anotar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anotar" is [anoˈt̪aɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anotar" come from?
"anotar" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list