autogol

[awt̪oˈɣ̞ol]

/[awt̪oˈɣ̞ol]/ noun

The verdict

“autogol” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #61,345 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,345
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gol en contra.

Corpus desk

Index ES-autogol · autogol · Spanish

autogol · rank #61,345 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,345
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH auditorios

Nearest frequency peer: auditorios (-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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “autogol”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “autogol” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for autogol
PropertyValue
Headwordautogol
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[awt̪oˈɣ̞ol]
Letters7
Frequency rank#61,345
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “autogol” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.autogolcae en esta cola de rareza:

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “auditorios” (#61,344), “avecinaba” (#61,346), “auditorias” (#61,343). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “autogol” va en #61,345. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

autogol is uncommon Spanish at frequency #61,345 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [awt̪oˈɣ̞ol]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gol en contra.".

autogol doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 autogol, spelled A-U-T-O-G-O-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gol en contra.

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 "autogol"?
"autogol" is spelled A-U-T-O-G-O-L. The IPA pronunciation is [awt̪oˈɣ̞ol].
What does "autogol" mean?
As a noun, "autogol" means: Gol en contra.
How do you pronounce "autogol"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "autogol" is [awt̪oˈɣ̞ol]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "autogol" come from?
"autogol" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list