austral

/[awsˈt̪ɾal]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,847

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

austral is aSpanishnoun. It means: Unidad monetaria de Argentina utilizada entre 1985 y 1991. Pronounced [awsˈt̪ɾal]. Often confused with Austria and Australia.

Key facts for austral
PropertyValue
Headwordaustral
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[awsˈt̪ɾal]
Letters7
Frequency rank#13,847
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for austral is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [awsˈt̪ɾal]. Corpus data places it at rank #13,847 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Unidad monetaria de Argentina utilizada entre 1985 y 1991.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for austral, with forms such as "asutral", "ausrtal", and "ausstral". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Austria", "Australia", "australes", 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 austral, spelled A-U-S-T-R-A-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Unidad monetaria de Argentina utilizada entre 1985 y 1991.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: asutral,ausrtal,ausstral,austarl,australl,austrla,austrral,austtral,autsral,uastral

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for austral

Misspelling Variants of "austral"

asutral7ausrtal7ausstral8austarl7australl8austrla7austrral8austtral8
Misspelling Variants of "austral"

Frequency rank: #13,847 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "austral"?
"austral" is spelled A-U-S-T-R-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [awsˈt̪ɾal].
What does "austral" mean?
As a noun, "austral" means: Unidad monetaria de Argentina utilizada entre 1985 y 1991.
What words are commonly confused with "austral"?
"austral" is commonly confused with "Austria", "Australia", "australes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "austral"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "austral" is [awsˈt̪ɾal]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "austral" come from?
"austral" 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.