ayunar
Letters
6 characters
Frequency Rank
#43,995
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
8
tracked variants
Confusables
20
similar word pairs
ayunar is aSpanishverb. It means: Abstenerse total o parcialmente de comer o beber. Pronounced [aʝuˈnaɾ]. Often confused with Aznar and ayuno.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ayunar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aʝuˈnaɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #43,995 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ayunar is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aʝuˈnaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #43,995 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for ayunar, with forms such as "auynar", "aynuar", and "ayuanr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Aznar", "ayuno", "azúcar", and more, 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 ayunar, spelled A-Y-U-N-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Abstenerse total o parcialmente de comer o beber.
- 2Privarse o estar privado/a de algún gusto o deleite.
- 3Guardar el ayuno eclesiástico.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: auynar,aynuar,ayuanr,ayunarr,ayunnar,ayunra,ayyunar,yaunar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ayunar
Misspelling Variants of "ayunar"
Frequency rank: #43,995 in Spanish
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