aplaudir

[aplawˈð̞iɾ]

/[aplawˈð̞iɾ]/ verb

The verdict

“aplaudir” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #17,038. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,038
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dar palmadas en señal de aprobación o entusiasmo.

Corpus desk

Index ES-aplaudir · aplaudir · Spanish

aplaudir · rank #17,038 · 11 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,038
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH apego

Nearest frequency peer: apego (-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 “aplaudir”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “aplaudir” 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).

aplaudir vs aplaudo
75% similar
aplaudir vs aludir
75% similar
aplaudir vs aplaude
75% similar

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

Key facts for aplaudir
PropertyValue
Headwordaplaudir
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[aplawˈð̞iɾ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#17,038
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “aplaudir”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).aplaudircae 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 “apego” (#17,037), “aprecian” (#17,039), “apasionada” (#17,036). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “aplaudir” va en #17,038. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around aplaudir (IPA [aplawˈð̞iɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,038 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for aplaudir, with forms such as "alpaudir", "apaludir", and "apladuir". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "aplaudo", "aludir", "aplaude", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is aplaudir, spelled A-P-L-A-U-D-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dar palmadas en señal de aprobación o entusiasmo.
  2. 2
    Celebrar con palabras u otras demostraciones a personas o cosas.
  3. 3
    Aprobar alguna acción o dicho de otra persona cuando se consideran acertados o pertinentes.

Synonyms

alabarelogiarencomiarloarponer por las nubes

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alpaudir
  • apaludir
  • apladuir
  • aplauddir
  • aplaudirr
  • aplaudri
  • aplauidr
  • apllaudir
  • apluadir
  • applaudir
  • palaudir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aplaudir - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

alpaudir2apaludir2apladuir2aplauddir1aplaudirr1aplaudri2aplauidr2apllaudir1
Edit distance from "aplaudir"

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 "aplaudir"?
"aplaudir" is spelled A-P-L-A-U-D-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is [aplawˈð̞iɾ].
What does "aplaudir" mean?
As a verb, "aplaudir" means: Dar palmadas en señal de aprobación o entusiasmo.
What words are commonly confused with "aplaudir"?
"aplaudir" is commonly confused with "aplaudo", "aludir", "aplaude". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aplaudir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aplaudir" is [aplawˈð̞iɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aplaudir" come from?
"aplaudir" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list