bolívar

/[boˈliβ̞aɾ]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,460

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

bolívar is aSpanishnoun. It means: Unidad monetaria de Venezuela desde 1879. Pronounced [boˈliβ̞aɾ]. It ranks #3,460 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Bolivia and bulevar.

Key facts for bolívar
PropertyValue
Headwordbolívar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[boˈliβ̞aɾ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,460
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for bolívar is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [boˈliβ̞aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,460 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Unidad monetaria de Venezuela desde 1879.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for bolívar, with forms such as "bbolívar", "bloívar", and "bollívar". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Bolivia", "bulevar", "bolívares", 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 bolívar, spelled B-O-L-Í-V-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Unidad monetaria de Venezuela desde 1879.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbolívar,bloívar,bollívar,bolvíar,bolíavr,bolíbar,bolívarr,bolívra,bolívvar,boílvar,oblívar,volívar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bolívar

Misspelling Variants of "bolívar"

bbolívar8bloívar7bollívar8bolvíar7bolíavr7bolíbar7bolívarr8bolívra7
Misspelling Variants of "bolívar"

Frequency rank: #3,460 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bolívar"?
"bolívar" is spelled B-O-L-Í-V-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [boˈliβ̞aɾ].
What does "bolívar" mean?
As a noun, "bolívar" means: Unidad monetaria de Venezuela desde 1879.
What words are commonly confused with "bolívar"?
"bolívar" is commonly confused with "Bolivia", "bulevar", "bolívares". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bolívar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bolívar" is [boˈliβ̞aɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bolívar" come from?
"bolívar" 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.