average

//ˈæv.ə.ɹɪd͡ʒ// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#45,761

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

average is aSpanishnoun. It means: Promedio, media, medio. Pronounced /ˈæv.ə.ɹɪd͡ʒ/. Often confused with averigüe.

Key facts for average
PropertyValue
Headwordaverage
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈæv.ə.ɹɪd͡ʒ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#45,761
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for average is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈæv.ə.ɹɪd͡ʒ/. Corpus data places it at rank #45,761 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Promedio, media, medio.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for average, with forms such as "aberage", "aevrage", and "avearge". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "averigüe", 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 average, spelled A-V-E-R-A-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Promedio, media, medio.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aberage,aevrage,avearge,averaeg,averagge,avergae,averrage,avreage,avverage,vaerage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for average

Misspelling Variants of "average"

aberage7aevrage7avearge7averaeg7averagge8avergae7averrage8avreage7
Misspelling Variants of "average"

Frequency rank: #45,761 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "average"?
"average" is spelled A-V-E-R-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈæv.ə.ɹɪd͡ʒ/.
What does "average" mean?
As a noun, "average" means: Promedio, media, medio.
What words are commonly confused with "average"?
"average" is commonly confused with "averigüe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "average"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "average" is /ˈæv.ə.ɹɪd͡ʒ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "average" come from?
"average" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.