ayudaste
[aʝuˈð̞ast̪e]
The verdict
“ayudaste” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #45,146 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #45,146
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de ayudar o de ayudarse.
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 | ayudaste |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aʝuˈð̞ast̪e] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #45,146 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ayudaste” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ayudaste is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aʝuˈð̞ast̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #45,146 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de ayudar o de ayudarse.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for ayudaste, with forms such as "auydaste", "ayduaste", and "ayuadste". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "ayudas", "ayudaré", "ayudante", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is ayudaste, spelled A-Y-U-D-A-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de ayudar o de ayudarse.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: auydaste,ayduaste,ayuadste,ayudaset,ayudasste,ayudastte,ayudatse,ayuddaste,ayudsate,ayyudaste,yaudaste
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ayudaste - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “ayudaste”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-Y-U-D-A-S-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aʝuˈð̞ast̪e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ayudas” - see the side-by-side comparison. ayudaste vs ayudas
- 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.