ayuntamiento

/[aʝũn̪t̪aˈmjẽn̪t̪o]/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,009

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

ayuntamiento is aSpanishnoun. It means: Corporación compuesta de un alcalde y varios concejales para la administración de los intereses de un municipio; gobierno de un municipio. Pronounced [aʝũn̪t̪aˈmjẽn̪t̪o]. It ranks #2,009 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with ayuntamientos and asentamiento.

Key facts for ayuntamiento
PropertyValue
Headwordayuntamiento
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aʝũn̪t̪aˈmjẽn̪t̪o]
Letters12
Frequency rank#2,009
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of ayuntamiento in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for ayuntamiento is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aʝũn̪t̪aˈmjẽn̪t̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,009 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for ayuntamiento, with forms such as "auyntamiento", "aynutamiento", and "ayunatmiento". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "ayuntamientos", "asentamiento", 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 ayuntamiento, spelled A-Y-U-N-T-A-M-I-E-N-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Corporación compuesta de un alcalde y varios concejales para la administración de los intereses de un municipio; gobierno de un municipio.
  2. 2
    Sede de este gobierno
  3. 3
    Acción o efecto de ayuntar o de ayuntarse.
  4. 4
    Acto sexual, biológicamente funcional a la reproducción de los animales vertebrados, en que entran en contacto los genitales de los participantes

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: auyntamiento,aynutamiento,ayunatmiento,ayunntamiento,ayuntaimento,ayuntameinto,ayuntamiennto,ayuntamienot,ayuntamientto,ayuntamietno,ayuntamineto,ayuntammiento,ayuntmaiento,ayunttamiento,ayutnamiento,ayyuntamiento,yauntamiento

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ayuntamiento

Misspelling Variants of "ayuntamiento"

auyntamiento12aynutamiento12ayunatmiento12ayunntamiento13ayuntaimento12ayuntameinto12ayuntamiennto13ayuntamienot12
Misspelling Variants of "ayuntamiento"

Frequency rank: #2,009 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ayuntamiento"?
"ayuntamiento" is spelled A-Y-U-N-T-A-M-I-E-N-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [aʝũn̪t̪aˈmjẽn̪t̪o].
What does "ayuntamiento" mean?
As a noun, "ayuntamiento" means: Corporación compuesta de un alcalde y varios concejales para la administración de los intereses de un municipio; gobierno de un municipio.
What words are commonly confused with "ayuntamiento"?
"ayuntamiento" is commonly confused with "ayuntamientos", "asentamiento". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ayuntamiento"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ayuntamiento" is [aʝũn̪t̪aˈmjẽn̪t̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ayuntamiento" come from?
"ayuntamiento" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.