avellano
[aβ̞eˈʝano]
The verdict
“avellano” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #96,010 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #96,010
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — (Corylus spp) Nombre común de las especies de un género de plantas arbustivas de la familia de las betuláceas, todas ellas con hojas de bordes aserrados y flores de un solo sexo. Son nativas de reg...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | avellano |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aβ̞eˈʝano] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #96,010 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “avellano” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for avellano is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aβ̞eˈʝano]. Corpus data places it at rank #96,010 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for avellano in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 avellano, spelled A-V-E-L-L-A-N-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1(Corylus spp) Nombre común de las especies de un género de plantas arbustivas de la familia de las betuláceas, todas ellas con hojas de bordes aserrados y flores de un solo sexo. Son nativas de regiones templadas del Hemisferio Norte y tienen uso como plantas frutales, ornamentales y madereras.
- 2Por antonomasia, Corylus avellana, árbol o arbusto de la familia de las betuláceas oriundo de Europa y Asia que mide entre 3 y 15 m de altura. Es una planta frondosa, con el tronco muy ramificado desde cerca de la base. Tiene hojas acorazonadas con el borde aserrado y flores masculinas y femeninas. La polinización es anemófila y sus frutos, llamados avellanas, son nueces comestibles.
- 3Por analogía, Gevuina avellana, un árbol o arbusto de la familia de las proteáceas, nativo de zonas templadas del sur de Chile y Argentina. Puede crecer entre 3 y 20 m, con la copa frondosa o reducida de acuerdo al hábitat. Sus hojas son compuestas, imparipinadas, con foliolos de borde aserrado y aspecto coriáceo. Sus flores se reúnen en racimos y requieren la polinización por insectos. Sus frutos, llamados avellanas, son nueces negras con semillas comestibles. Tiene en ebanistería, como planta ornamental, y melífera.
- 4Por analogía, Omphalea triandra, planta de la familia de las euforbiáceas que habita en el Caribe. Su fruto es una baya de semillas comestibles.
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-V-E-L-L-A-N-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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