aquí

[aˈki]

/[aˈki]/ adv

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The verdict

“aquí” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #143) as an adverb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#143
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En la proximidad del que habla o comunica.

Corpus desk

Index ES-aqui · aquí · Spanish

aquí · rank #143 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #143
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH él

Nearest frequency peer: él (-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.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “aquí”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “aquí” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

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).

aquí vs au
50% similar
aquí vs así
50% similar
aquí vs aún
25% similar

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

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

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “aquí”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.aquícae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “él” (#142), “ella” (#144), “sido” (#141). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “aquí” va en #143. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for aquí is neighbouring look-alikes ("au", "así", …), not just typos; it is anadverb pronounced [aˈki]. Frequency #143 among 7,704 “A” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

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

  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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how aquí appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Aquí me lo ha ordenado.
  2. Aquí estriba la dificultad.

Synonyms

acáen estoestoen esoesoallí

Antonyms

ahíalláallí

This word in other languages

here(English)ici(Français)hier(Deutsch)aqui(Português)

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.

aqquí1aqíu2auqí2qauí2
Edit distance from "aquí"

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 "aquí"?
"aquí" is spelled A-Q-U-Í. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈki].
What does "aquí" mean?
As an adverb, "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. 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 "aquí", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ella#144sido#141casa#136dice#152

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list