notario
[noˈt̪aɾjo]
The verdict
“notario” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #15,429 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #15,429
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Abogado autorizado para dar fe pública acerca de contratos, escrituras de bienes inmuebles, testamentos, certificación de documentos así como acontecimientos varios. Así mismo custodian documentos ...
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 | notario |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [noˈt̪aɾjo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #15,429 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “notario” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for notario is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [noˈt̪aɾjo]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,429 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Abogado autorizado para dar fe pública acerca de contratos, escrituras de bienes inmuebles, testamentos, certificación de documentos así como acontecimientos varios. Así mismo custodian documentos ...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for notario, with forms such as "nnotario", "noatrio", and "notairo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "notorio", "notoria", "notaron", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is notario, spelled N-O-T-A-R-I-O.
Definition
- 1Abogado autorizado para dar fe pública acerca de contratos, escrituras de bienes inmuebles, testamentos, certificación de documentos así como acontecimientos varios. Así mismo custodian documentos en los protocolos de su despacho: la notaría.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: nnotario,noatrio,notairo,notaroi,notarrio,notraio,nottario,ntoario
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of notario - 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 “notario”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is N-O-T-A-R-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [noˈt̪aɾjo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “notorio” - see the side-by-side comparison. notario vs notorio
- 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.