astronauta

/[ast̪ɾoˈnawt̪a]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,921

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

astronauta is aSpanishnoun. It means: Persona que tripula una nave espacial, especialmente como oficio Pronounced [ast̪ɾoˈnawt̪a]. Often confused with astronautas.

Key facts for astronauta
PropertyValue
Headwordastronauta
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ast̪ɾoˈnawt̪a]
Letters10
Frequency rank#19,921
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for astronauta is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ast̪ɾoˈnawt̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #19,921 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Persona que tripula una nave espacial, especialmente como oficio".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for astronauta, with forms such as "asrtonauta", "asstronauta", and "astornauta". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "astronautas", 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 astronauta, spelled A-S-T-R-O-N-A-U-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Persona que tripula una nave espacial, especialmente como oficio

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: asrtonauta,asstronauta,astornauta,astrnoauta,astroanuta,astronatua,astronauat,astronautta,astronnauta,astronuata,astrronauta,asttronauta,atsronauta,satronauta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for astronauta

Misspelling Variants of "astronauta"

asrtonauta10asstronauta11astornauta10astrnoauta10astroanuta10astronatua10astronauat10astronautta11
Misspelling Variants of "astronauta"

Frequency rank: #19,921 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "astronauta"?
"astronauta" is spelled A-S-T-R-O-N-A-U-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ast̪ɾoˈnawt̪a].
What does "astronauta" mean?
As a noun, "astronauta" means: Persona que tripula una nave espacial, especialmente como oficio
What words are commonly confused with "astronauta"?
"astronauta" is commonly confused with "astronautas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "astronauta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "astronauta" is [ast̪ɾoˈnawt̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "astronauta" come from?
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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.