asfalto

/[asˈfal̪t̪o]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,616

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

asfalto is aSpanishnoun. It means: Fracción pesada del petróleo crudo, actualmente obtenida por destilación. En el pasado se usaron los depósitos naturales del mar Muerto y del lago Asfaltites, lo que le valió el nombre de betún jud... Pronounced [asˈfal̪t̪o]. Often confused with asalto and asalta.

Key facts for asfalto
PropertyValue
Headwordasfalto
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[asˈfal̪t̪o]
Letters7
Frequency rank#13,616
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for asfalto is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [asˈfal̪t̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #13,616 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for asfalto, with forms such as "afsalto", "asaflto", and "asfallto". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "asalto", "asalta", "asaltos", 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 asfalto, spelled A-S-F-A-L-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fracción pesada del petróleo crudo, actualmente obtenida por destilación. En el pasado se usaron los depósitos naturales del mar Muerto y del lago Asfaltites, lo que le valió el nombre de betún judaico o betún de Judea.
  2. 2
    Nombre dado por extensión a la mezcla de asfalto con arena y otras substancia que se utiliza como material en la construcción y en la pavimentación de calles.
  3. 3
    Calzada revestida de asfalto.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: afsalto,asaflto,asfallto,asfalot,asfaltto,asfatlo,asffalto,asflato,assfalto,safalto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for asfalto

Misspelling Variants of "asfalto"

afsalto7asaflto7asfallto8asfalot7asfaltto8asfatlo7asffalto8asflato7
Misspelling Variants of "asfalto"

Frequency rank: #13,616 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "asfalto"?
"asfalto" is spelled A-S-F-A-L-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [asˈfal̪t̪o].
What does "asfalto" mean?
As a noun, "asfalto" means: Fracción pesada del petróleo crudo, actualmente obtenida por destilación. En el pasado se usaron los depósitos naturales del mar Muerto y del lago Asfaltites, lo que le valió el nombre de betún jud...
What words are commonly confused with "asfalto"?
"asfalto" is commonly confused with "asalto", "asalta", "asaltos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "asfalto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "asfalto" is [asˈfal̪t̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "asfalto" come from?
"asfalto" 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.