aquí
[aˈki]
The verdict
“aquí” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #143 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #143
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - En la proximidad del que habla o comunica.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aquí |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [aˈki] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #143 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aquí” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for aquí is 4 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈki]. Corpus data places it at rank #143 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for aquí, with forms such as "aqquí", "aqíu", and "auqí". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "au", "así", "aún", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is aquí, spelled A-Q-U-Í.
Definition
- 1En la proximidad del que habla o comunica.
- 2Designa una persona de forma cortés para evitar el uso de la palabra este.
- 3Indica un aspecto del discurso que es un motivo para lo que sigue. Se confunde con allí, salvo cuando queda claro de que se trata de lo más reciente, en contraposición con algo mencionado antes.
- 4Junto con allí se usa para indicar lugares dispersos e indeterminados.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aqquí,aqíu,auqí,qauí
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aquí - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “aquí”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-Q-U-Í - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aˈki] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “au” - see the side-by-side comparison. aquí vs au
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.