averiguar
[aβ̞eɾiˈɣ̞waɾ]
The verdict
“averiguar” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #5,695. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,695
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Preguntar, explorar o investigar para descubrir la verdad acerca de un asunto
Corpus desk
Index ES-averiguar · averiguar · Spanish
averiguar · rank #5,695 · 13 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,695
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH ave
Nearest frequency peer: ave (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “averiguar”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- anunciado
anunciado
94,309 corpus weight
- asistentes
asistentes
94,308 corpus weight
- ave
ave
94,307 corpus weight
- averiguar
averiguar
94,306 corpus weight
- besos
besos
94,305 corpus weight
- cansada
cansada
94,304 corpus weight
What this shows “averiguar” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | averiguar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aβ̞eɾiˈɣ̞waɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #5,695 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “averiguar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around averiguar (IPA [aβ̞eɾiˈɣ̞waɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,695 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for averiguar, with forms such as "aberiguar", "aevriguar", and "aveirguar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "averigüe", "averigua", "averiguado", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is averiguar, spelled A-V-E-R-I-G-U-A-R.
Definition
- 1Preguntar, explorar o investigar para descubrir la verdad acerca de un asunto
- 2Por extensión, hallar la verdad con respecto a lo que se averiguaba ₁
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how averiguar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Y más, que no habrá quien se ponga a averiguar si los seguistes o no los seguistes, no yéndole nada en ello.
Mal puedo de verdad averiguar lo que las cosas son si antes no sé lo que el ser es.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aberiguar
- aevriguar
- aveirguar
- avergiuar
- averigaur
- averigguar
- averiguarr
- averigura
- averiugar
- averriguar
- avreiguar
- avveriguar
- vaeriguar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of averiguar - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "averiguar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).