aparato

/[apaˈɾat̪o]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,895

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

aparato is aSpanishnoun. It means: Conjunto de piezas que interactúan para realizar una función específica. Pronounced [apaˈɾat̪o]. It ranks #3,895 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with aparte and apretó.

Key facts for aparato
PropertyValue
Headwordaparato
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[apaˈɾat̪o]
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,895
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for aparato is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [apaˈɾat̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,895 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 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 aparato, with forms such as "aaprato", "apaarto", and "aparaot". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "aparte", "apretó", "apurado", 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 aparato, spelled A-P-A-R-A-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Conjunto de piezas que interactúan para realizar una función específica.
  2. 2
    Conjunto de diferentes órganos o tejidos de un ser vivo que en conjunto desempeñan una función determinada.
  3. 3
    Cada instrumento sobre los que un gimnasta realiza su rutina de ejercicios.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aaprato,apaarto,aparaot,aparatto,aparrato,apartao,apparato,apraato,paarato

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for aparato

Misspelling Variants of "aparato"

aaprato7apaarto7aparaot7aparatto8aparrato8apartao7apparato8apraato7
Misspelling Variants of "aparato"

Frequency rank: #3,895 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aparato"?
"aparato" is spelled A-P-A-R-A-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [apaˈɾat̪o].
What does "aparato" mean?
As a noun, "aparato" means: Conjunto de piezas que interactúan para realizar una función específica.
What words are commonly confused with "aparato"?
"aparato" is commonly confused with "aparte", "apretó", "apurado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aparato"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aparato" is [apaˈɾat̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aparato" come from?
"aparato" 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.