aventar
[aβ̞ẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“aventar” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #55,396 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #55,396
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hacer o echar aire a alguna cosa.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aventar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aβ̞ẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #55,396 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aventar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for aventar is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aβ̞ẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #55,396 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
aventar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is aventar, spelled A-V-E-N-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Hacer o echar aire a alguna cosa.
- 2Acción de lanzar la trilla contra el viento mediante el bieldo (beldar) para separar el grano de la paja y las granzas de un cereal.
- 3Por extensión, realizar cualquier faena que dé como resultado la separación entre el grano y la paja.
- 4Impeler el viento alguna cosa.
- 5Echar o expulsar. Se dice más comúnmente de las personas.
This word in other languages
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 “aventar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-V-E-N-T-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aβ̞ẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ] (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.