avenida

/[aβ̞eˈnið̞a]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,303

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

avenida is aSpanishnoun. It means: Calle ancha e importante, frecuentemente de doble mano. Pronounced [aβ̞eˈnið̞a]. It ranks #3,303 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with avería and avenidas.

Key facts for avenida
PropertyValue
Headwordavenida
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aβ̞eˈnið̞a]
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,303
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for avenida is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aβ̞eˈnið̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,303 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for avenida, with forms such as "abenida", "aevnida", and "aveinda". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "avería", "avenidas", "avena", and more, 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 avenida, spelled A-V-E-N-I-D-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Calle ancha e importante, frecuentemente de doble mano.
  2. 2
    Camino público y transitado hacia un lugar.
  3. 3
    Crecida de un río, una rambla o un arroyo, que desborda sus márgenes.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abenida,aevnida,aveinda,avendia,aveniad,avenidda,avennida,avneida,avvenida,vaenida

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for avenida

Misspelling Variants of "avenida"

abenida7aevnida7aveinda7avendia7aveniad7avenidda8avennida8avneida7
Misspelling Variants of "avenida"

Frequency rank: #3,303 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "avenida"?
"avenida" is spelled A-V-E-N-I-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is [aβ̞eˈnið̞a].
What does "avenida" mean?
As a noun, "avenida" means: Calle ancha e importante, frecuentemente de doble mano.
What words are commonly confused with "avenida"?
"avenida" is commonly confused with "avería", "avenidas", "avena". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "avenida"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "avenida" is [aβ̞eˈnið̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "avenida" come from?
"avenida" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter A in our Spanish index:

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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.