avalancha
[aβ̞aˈlãnʲt͡ʃa]
The verdict
“avalancha” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #19,317 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #19,317
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Desplazamiento súbito y violento ladera abajo, de una importante porción de nieve (manto nival), que puede incorporar parte de la cobertura vegetal, e incluso del sustrato y de la pendiente.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | avalancha |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aβ̞aˈlãnʲt͡ʃa] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #19,317 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “avalancha” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for avalancha is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aβ̞aˈlãnʲt͡ʃa]. Corpus data places it at rank #19,317 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for avalancha, with forms such as "aavlancha", "abalancha", and "avaalncha". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 avalancha, spelled A-V-A-L-A-N-C-H-A.
Definition
- 1Desplazamiento súbito y violento ladera abajo, de una importante porción de nieve (manto nival), que puede incorporar parte de la cobertura vegetal, e incluso del sustrato y de la pendiente.
- 2Gran cantidad de una cosa que viene con fuerza.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aavlancha,abalancha,avaalncha,avalacnha,avalancah,avalanccha,avalanchha,avalanhca,avalanncha,avallancha,avalnacha,avlaancha,avvalancha,vaalancha
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of avalancha - 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.
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.
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Using “avalancha”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-V-A-L-A-N-C-H-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aβ̞aˈlãnʲt͡ʃa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.