pájaro

/[ˈpaxaɾo]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,909

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

pájaro is aSpanishnoun. It means: Ave, en especial si es de pequeño tamaño. Pronounced [ˈpaxaɾo]. It ranks #7,909 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with paro and pasar.

Key facts for pájaro
PropertyValue
Headwordpájaro
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpaxaɾo]
Letters6
Frequency rank#7,909
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pájaro is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpaxaɾo]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,909 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 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 pájaro, with forms such as "pjáaro", "ppájaro", and "páajro". 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, "paro", "pasar", "parar", 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 pájaro, spelled P-Á-J-A-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ave, en especial si es de pequeño tamaño.
  2. 2
    En especial, cualquier ave del orden de las paseriformes.
  3. 3
    Forma metafórica para referirse al pene.
  4. 4
    Varón que siente atracción sexual por personas de su mismo sexo biológico.
  5. 5
    Persona de ingenio astuto e intención aviesa, hábil para la expresión y el engaño.
  6. 6
    Persona docta y hábil.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: pjáaro,ppájaro,páajro,pájaor,pájarro,pájjaro,pájrao,ápjaro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pájaro

Misspelling Variants of "pájaro"

pjáaro6ppájaro7páajro6pájaor6pájarro7pájjaro7pájrao6ápjaro6
Misspelling Variants of "pájaro"

Frequency rank: #7,909 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pájaro"?
"pájaro" is spelled P-Á-J-A-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpaxaɾo].
What does "pájaro" mean?
As a noun, "pájaro" means: Ave, en especial si es de pequeño tamaño.
What words are commonly confused with "pájaro"?
"pájaro" is commonly confused with "paro", "pasar", "parar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pájaro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pájaro" is [ˈpaxaɾo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pájaro" come from?
"pájaro" 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.