atajada
[at̪aˈxað̞a]
The verdict
“atajada” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #83,653 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a participle. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,653
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del femenino de atajado, participio de atajar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | atajada |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Participle |
| IPA | [at̪aˈxað̞a] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #83,653 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “atajada” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
atajada is uncommon Spanish at frequency #83,653 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as aparticiple, transcribed [at̪aˈxað̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del femenino de atajado, participio de atajar.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for atajada, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is atajada, spelled A-T-A-J-A-D-A.
Definition
- 1Forma del femenino de atajado, participio de atajar.
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.
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Using “atajada”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-T-A-J-A-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [at̪aˈxað̞a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.