aumentar

/[awmẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,067

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

aumentar is aSpanishverb. It means: Hacer más grande una cantidad, número, extensión, volumen, importancia o magnitud. Pronounced [awmẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]. It ranks #2,067 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with aumento and aumentos.

Key facts for aumentar
PropertyValue
Headwordaumentar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[awmẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,067
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for aumentar is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [awmẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,067 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for aumentar, with forms such as "amuentar", "auemntar", and "aumenatr". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "aumento", "aumentos", "aumenten", 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 aumentar, spelled A-U-M-E-N-T-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hacer más grande una cantidad, número, extensión, volumen, importancia o magnitud.
  2. 2
    Mejorar en condiciones de vida.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amuentar,auemntar,aumenatr,aumenntar,aumentarr,aumentra,aumenttar,aumetnar,aummentar,aumnetar,uamentar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for aumentar

Misspelling Variants of "aumentar"

amuentar8auemntar8aumenatr8aumenntar9aumentarr9aumentra8aumenttar9aumetnar8
Misspelling Variants of "aumentar"

Frequency rank: #2,067 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aumentar"?
"aumentar" is spelled A-U-M-E-N-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [awmẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ].
What does "aumentar" mean?
As a verb, "aumentar" means: Hacer más grande una cantidad, número, extensión, volumen, importancia o magnitud.
What words are commonly confused with "aumentar"?
"aumentar" is commonly confused with "aumento", "aumentos", "aumenten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aumentar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aumentar" is [awmẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aumentar" come from?
"aumentar" 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.