Arthur

/[aʁ.tyʁ]/ name

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,100

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

Arthur is aSpanishname. It means: Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Arturo. Pronounced [aʁ.tyʁ]. It ranks #7,100 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Arturo and author.

Key facts for Arthur
PropertyValue
HeadwordArthur
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[aʁ.tyʁ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#7,100
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Arthur is 6 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aʁ.tyʁ]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,100 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Arturo.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Arthur, with forms such as "arhtur", "arrthur", and "arthhur". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Arturo", "author", "archer", 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 Arthur, spelled A-R-T-H-U-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Arturo.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: arhtur,arrthur,arthhur,arthru,arthurr,artthur,artuhr,atrhur,rathur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Arthur

Misspelling Variants of "Arthur"

arhtur6arrthur7arthhur7arthru6arthurr7artthur7artuhr6atrhur6
Misspelling Variants of "Arthur"

Frequency rank: #7,100 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Arthur"?
"Arthur" is spelled A-R-T-H-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is [aʁ.tyʁ].
What does "Arthur" mean?
As a name, "Arthur" means: Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Arturo.
What words are commonly confused with "Arthur"?
"Arthur" is commonly confused with "Arturo", "author", "archer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Arthur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Arthur" is [aʁ.tyʁ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Arthur" come from?
"Arthur" 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.