avistar
[aβ̞isˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“avistar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #64,391 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,391
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alcanzar con la vista alguna cosa.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | avistar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aβ̞isˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #64,391 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “avistar” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
avistar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #64,391 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [aβ̞isˈt̪aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alcanzar con la vista alguna cosa.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for avistar in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is avistar, spelled A-V-I-S-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Alcanzar con la vista alguna cosa.
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 “avistar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-V-I-S-T-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.