avaló
[aβ̞aˈlo]
The verdict
“avaló” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,393 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,393
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de avalar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | avaló |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aβ̞aˈlo] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #55,393 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “avaló” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
avaló is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,393 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [aβ̞aˈlo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de avalar.".
Zero misspellings are on record for avaló in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is avaló, spelled A-V-A-L-Ó.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de avalar.
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 “avaló”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-V-A-L-Ó - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aβ̞aˈlo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.