avalancha

Name: avalancha, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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[aβ̞aˈlãnʲt͡ʃa]

/[aβ̞aˈlãnʲt͡ʃa]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“avalancha” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #19,317. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,317
frequency rank, Spanish: 7,704
“A” headwords: 14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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.

Corpus desk

Index ES-avalancha · avalancha · Spanish

avalancha · rank #19,317 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #19,317
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 14 variants
BOOK-DENSE 7,704
PHOTO-FINISH atuendo

Nearest frequency peer: atuendo (-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.

arrojado

80,688
atada

80,687
atendidos

80,686
atuendo

80,685
avalancha

80,684
benéfica

80,681

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

Key facts for avalancha
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)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “avalancha”

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

#19,317

#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 “atuendo” (#19,316), “atendidos” (#19,315), “atada” (#19,314). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “avalancha” va en #19,317. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around avalancha (IPA [aβ̞aˈlãnʲt͡ʃa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,317 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

1
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.
2
Gran cantidad de una cosa que viene con fuerza.

Synonyms

alud

This word in other languages

avalanche(English)avalanche(Français)Lawine(Deutsch)avalancha(Português)

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.

Edit distance from "avalancha"

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 "avalancha"?

"avalancha" is spelled A-V-A-L-A-N-C-H-A. The IPA pronunciation is [aβ̞aˈlãnʲt͡ʃa].

What does "avalancha" mean?

As a noun, "avalancha" means: 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.

What are common misspellings of "avalancha"?

Common misspellings include "aavlancha", "abalancha", "avaalncha", "avalacnha", "avalancah". The correct spelling is "avalancha".

How do you pronounce "avalancha"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "avalancha" is [aβ̞aˈlãnʲt͡ʃa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "avalancha" come from?

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

atendidos#19,315 antivirus#19,310 brindando#19,328 ambulante#19,305

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

adecuación14 variants acumulando14 variants champagne14 variants vibrante14 variants