automóvil

/[awt̪oˈmoβ̞il]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,871

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

automóvil is aSpanishnoun. It means: Vehículo autopropulsado con ruedas que, dado su diseño, puede circular por tierra sin necesidad de un dispositivo de guía. Pronounced [awt̪oˈmoβ̞il]. It ranks #6,871 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with automóviles.

Key facts for automóvil
PropertyValue
Headwordautomóvil
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[awt̪oˈmoβ̞il]
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,871
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for automóvil is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [awt̪oˈmoβ̞il]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,871 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Vehículo autopropulsado con ruedas que, dado su diseño, puede circular por tierra sin necesidad de un dispositivo de guía.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for automóvil, with forms such as "atuomóvil", "auotmóvil", and "autmoóvil". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "automóviles", 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 automóvil, spelled A-U-T-O-M-Ó-V-I-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vehículo autopropulsado con ruedas que, dado su diseño, puede circular por tierra sin necesidad de un dispositivo de guía.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: atuomóvil,auotmóvil,autmoóvil,autommóvil,automvóil,automóbil,automóivl,automóvill,automóvli,automóvvil,autoómvil,auttomóvil,uatomóvil

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for automóvil

Misspelling Variants of "automóvil"

atuomóvil9auotmóvil9autmoóvil9autommóvil10automvóil9automóbil9automóivl9automóvill10
Misspelling Variants of "automóvil"

Frequency rank: #6,871 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "automóvil"?
"automóvil" is spelled A-U-T-O-M-Ó-V-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is [awt̪oˈmoβ̞il].
What does "automóvil" mean?
As a noun, "automóvil" means: Vehículo autopropulsado con ruedas que, dado su diseño, puede circular por tierra sin necesidad de un dispositivo de guía.
What words are commonly confused with "automóvil"?
"automóvil" is commonly confused with "automóviles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "automóvil"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "automóvil" is [awt̪oˈmoβ̞il]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "automóvil" come from?
"automóvil" 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.