aparejo

/[apaˈɾexo]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#47,553

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

aparejo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Conjunto de herramientas e instrumentos requeridos para realizar alguna actividad particular. Pronounced [apaˈɾexo]. Often confused with apretó and aparezco.

Key facts for aparejo
PropertyValue
Headwordaparejo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[apaˈɾexo]
Letters7
Frequency rank#47,553
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for aparejo is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [apaˈɾexo]. Corpus data places it at rank #47,553 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 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 aparejo, with forms such as "aaprejo", "apaerjo", and "aparejjo". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "apretó", "aparezco", "aparece", 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 aparejo, spelled A-P-A-R-E-J-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 herramientas e instrumentos requeridos para realizar alguna actividad particular.
  2. 2
    Acción o efecto de aparejar.
  3. 3
    Máquina compuesta de dos poleas y un cabo que alternativamente va dando vueltas, o pasando por las diversas roldanas de cada una de aquellas. Esta máquina, conocida en mecánica con la denominación de funicular, es una de las de mayor potencia que se conocen. Cuando una de las poleas no tiene más que una roldana, o es un motón, el aparejo se dice sencillo: en los demás casos es doble; y según el número de vueltas que da el cabo en las poleas, se llama de cuatro, de seis. etc. cordones o guarnes, tomando también con relación al objeto y a la forma en que se aplica, un sobrenombre o denominación particular; como las de aparejo de gancho; de rabiza; de burel y estrobo, etc.
  4. 4
    Conjunto de los palos, vergas, jarcias y velas del buque.
  5. 5
    El mismo conjunto, aun cuando no estén las velas envergadas, o sin contar con ellas.
  6. 6
    El número y clase de estas que se llevan mareadas. Por consiguiente, cuando son todas se dice que va todo el aparejo largo o mareado; y si es una parte, que se lleva tal aparejo.
  7. 7
    Los cordelillos y anzuelos que componen todo el aparato de pescar a mano.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aaprejo,apaerjo,aparejjo,apareoj,aparjeo,aparrejo,apparejo,apraejo,paarejo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for aparejo

Misspelling Variants of "aparejo"

aaprejo7apaerjo7aparejjo8apareoj7aparjeo7aparrejo8apparejo8apraejo7
Misspelling Variants of "aparejo"

Frequency rank: #47,553 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aparejo"?
"aparejo" is spelled A-P-A-R-E-J-O. The IPA pronunciation is [apaˈɾexo].
What does "aparejo" mean?
As a noun, "aparejo" means: Conjunto de herramientas e instrumentos requeridos para realizar alguna actividad particular.
What words are commonly confused with "aparejo"?
"aparejo" is commonly confused with "apretó", "aparezco", "aparece". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aparejo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aparejo" is [apaˈɾexo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aparejo" come from?
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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.