aquí

/[aˈki]/ adv

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#143

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

aquí is anSpanishadv. It means: En la proximidad del que habla o comunica. Pronounced [aˈki]. It ranks #143 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with au and así.

Key facts for aquí
PropertyValue
Headwordaquí
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdv
IPA[aˈki]
Letters4
Frequency rank#143
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for aquí is 4 letters long, classified as anadv, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for aquí, with forms such as "aqquí", "aqíu", and "auqí". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "au", "así", "aún", 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 aquí, spelled A-Q-U-Í, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    En la proximidad del que habla o comunica.
  2. 2
    Designa una persona de forma cortés para evitar el uso de la palabra este.
  3. 3
    Indica 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.
  4. 4
    Junto con allí se usa para indicar lugares dispersos e indeterminados.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aqquí,aqíu,auqí,qauí

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for aquí

Misspelling Variants of "aquí"

aqquí5aqíu4auqí4qauí4
Misspelling Variants of "aquí"

Frequency rank: #143 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aquí"?
"aquí" is spelled A-Q-U-Í. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈki].
What does "aquí" mean?
As an adv, "aquí" means: En la proximidad del que habla o comunica.
What words are commonly confused with "aquí"?
"aquí" is commonly confused with "au", "así", "aún". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aquí"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aquí" is [aˈki]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aquí" come from?
"aquí" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter A in our Spanish index:

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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.