azul

/[aˈsul]/ adj

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,279

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

azul is anSpanishadj. It means: De color que recuerda al del cielo en un día despejado, ubicado entre el verde y el añil en el espectro cromático, en una longitud de onda de alrededor de 470 nm. Tradicionalmente se considera el q... Pronounced [aˈsul]. It ranks #1,279 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with azur and azules.

Key facts for azul
PropertyValue
Headwordazul
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[aˈsul]
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,279
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for azul is 4 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈsul]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,279 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for azul, with forms such as "auzl", "azlu", and "azull". 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, "azur", "azules", "al", 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 azul, spelled A-Z-U-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    De color que recuerda al del cielo en un día despejado, ubicado entre el verde y el añil en el espectro cromático, en una longitud de onda de alrededor de 470 nm. Tradicionalmente se considera el quinto color del arcoíris o espectro solar. :* Color:
  2. 2
    Dicho del pescado, que es rico en grasa, como la sardina y la caballa. ^([cita requerida])
  3. 3
    Dicho de la piel humana, de color azulado o violáceo.
  4. 4
    Perteneciente o relativo al club de fútbol Universidad de Chile, o hincha de ese equipo.
  5. 5
    Que pertenece o concierne al partido conservador, o partidario de él.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: auzl,azlu,azull,azzul,zaul

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for azul

Misspelling Variants of "azul"

auzl4azlu4azull5azzul5zaul4
Misspelling Variants of "azul"

Frequency rank: #1,279 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "azul"?
"azul" is spelled A-Z-U-L. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈsul].
What does "azul" mean?
As an adj, "azul" means: De color que recuerda al del cielo en un día despejado, ubicado entre el verde y el añil en el espectro cromático, en una longitud de onda de alrededor de 470 nm. Tradicionalmente se considera el q...
What words are commonly confused with "azul"?
"azul" is commonly confused with "azur", "azules", "al". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "azul"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "azul" is [aˈsul]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "azul" come from?
"azul" 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.