atalayas
[at̪aˈlaʝas]
The verdict
“atalayas” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #80,710 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,710
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de atalayar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | atalayas |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [at̪aˈlaʝas] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #80,710 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “atalayas” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
atalayas is uncommon Spanish at frequency #80,710 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [at̪aˈlaʝas]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de atalayar.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for atalayas in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 atalayas, spelled A-T-A-L-A-Y-A-S.
Definition
- 1Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de atalayar.
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 “atalayas”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-T-A-L-A-Y-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [at̪aˈlaʝas] (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.