aumentar

[awmẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

/[awmẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]/ verb

The verdict

“aumentar” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #2,067. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,067
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hacer más grande una cantidad, número, extensión, volumen, importancia o magnitud.

Corpus desk

Index ES-aumentar · aumentar · Spanish

aumentar · rank #2,067 · 11 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,067
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH archivo

Nearest frequency peer: archivo (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “aumentar”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “aumentar” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

aumentar vs aumento
75% similar
aumentar vs aumentos
75% similar
aumentar vs aumenten
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “aumentar”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).aumentarcae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “archivo” (#2,066), “beneficio” (#2,068), “anual” (#2,065). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “aumentar” va en #2,067. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around aumentar (IPA [awmẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,067 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for aumentar, with forms such as "amuentar", "auemntar", and "aumenatr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "aumento", "aumentos", "aumenten", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is aumentar, spelled A-U-M-E-N-T-A-R.

Definition

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

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amuentar
  • auemntar
  • aumenatr
  • aumenntar
  • aumentarr
  • aumentra
  • aumenttar
  • aumetnar
  • aummentar
  • aumnetar
  • uamentar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aumentar - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

amuentar2auemntar2aumenatr2aumenntar1aumentarr1aumentra2aumenttar1aumetnar2
Edit distance from "aumentar"

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.

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. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "aumentar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list