ayer
[aˈʝeɾ]
The verdict
“ayer” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #701 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #701
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Día inmediatamente anterior al de hoy.
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 | ayer |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈʝeɾ] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #701 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ayer” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ayer is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈʝeɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #701 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for ayer, with forms such as "aeyr", "ayerr", and "ayre". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ayo", "azar", "azur", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is ayer, spelled A-Y-E-R.
Definition
- 1Día inmediatamente anterior al de hoy.
- 2Por extensión, época recientemente pasada.
- 3Por extensión, época pasada cualquiera.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aeyr,ayerr,ayre,ayyer,yaer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ayer - 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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Using “ayer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-Y-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aˈʝeɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ayo” - see the side-by-side comparison. ayer vs ayo
- 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.