answer

//ˈɑːn.sə(ɹ)// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#41,737

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

answer is aSpanishnoun. It means: Respuesta, réplica, contestación. Pronounced /ˈɑːn.sə(ɹ)/.

Key facts for answer
PropertyValue
Headwordanswer
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈɑːn.sə(ɹ)/
Letters6
Frequency rank#41,737
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for answer is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɑːn.sə(ɹ)/. Corpus data places it at rank #41,737 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for answer, with forms such as "annswer", "ansewr", and "ansswer". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 answer, spelled A-N-S-W-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Respuesta, réplica, contestación.
  2. 2
    Solución, respuesta.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: annswer,ansewr,ansswer,answerr,answre,answwer,anwser,asnwer,naswer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for answer

Misspelling Variants of "answer"

annswer7ansewr6ansswer7answerr7answre6answwer7anwser6asnwer6
Misspelling Variants of "answer"

Frequency rank: #41,737 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "answer"?
"answer" is spelled A-N-S-W-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈɑːn.sə(ɹ)/.
What does "answer" mean?
As a noun, "answer" means: Respuesta, réplica, contestación.
What are common misspellings of "answer"?
Common misspellings include "annswer", "ansewr", "ansswer", "answerr", "answre". The correct spelling is "answer".
How do you pronounce "answer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "answer" is /ˈɑːn.sə(ɹ)/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "answer" come from?
"answer" 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.