aprovechar

/[apɾoβ̞eˈt͡ʃaɾ]/ verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,756

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

aprovechar is aSpanishverb. It means: Tomar ventaja. No desperdiciar una oportunidad. Pronounced [apɾoβ̞eˈt͡ʃaɾ]. It ranks #3,756 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with aprovecho and aproveche.

Key facts for aprovechar
PropertyValue
Headwordaprovechar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[apɾoβ̞eˈt͡ʃaɾ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#3,756
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for aprovechar is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [apɾoβ̞eˈt͡ʃaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,756 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tomar ventaja. No desperdiciar una oportunidad.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for aprovechar, with forms such as "aporvechar", "approvechar", and "aprobechar". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "aprovecho", "aproveche", "aprovechen", 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 aprovechar, spelled A-P-R-O-V-E-C-H-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tomar ventaja. No desperdiciar una oportunidad.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aporvechar,approvechar,aprobechar,aproevchar,aprovcehar,aprovecahr,aprovecchar,aprovecharr,aprovechhar,aprovechra,aprovehcar,aprovvechar,aprrovechar,aprvoechar,arpovechar,parovechar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for aprovechar

Misspelling Variants of "aprovechar"

aporvechar10approvechar11aprobechar10aproevchar10aprovcehar10aprovecahr10aprovecchar11aprovecharr11
Misspelling Variants of "aprovechar"

Frequency rank: #3,756 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aprovechar"?
"aprovechar" is spelled A-P-R-O-V-E-C-H-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [apɾoβ̞eˈt͡ʃaɾ].
What does "aprovechar" mean?
As a verb, "aprovechar" means: Tomar ventaja. No desperdiciar una oportunidad.
What words are commonly confused with "aprovechar"?
"aprovechar" is commonly confused with "aprovecho", "aproveche", "aprovechen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aprovechar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aprovechar" is [apɾoβ̞eˈt͡ʃaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aprovechar" come from?
"aprovechar" 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.