urgente

/[uɾˈxẽn̪t̪e]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,524

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

urgente is anSpanishadj. It means: De necesidad inmediata o con la menor demora. Pronounced [uɾˈxẽn̪t̪e]. It ranks #3,524 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with urgentes.

Key facts for urgente
PropertyValue
Headwordurgente
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[uɾˈxẽn̪t̪e]
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,524
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for urgente is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [uɾˈxẽn̪t̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,524 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "De necesidad inmediata o con la menor demora.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for urgente, with forms such as "rugente", "ugrente", and "uregnte". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "urgentes", 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 urgente, spelled U-R-G-E-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    De necesidad inmediata o con la menor demora.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rugente,ugrente,uregnte,urgenet,urgennte,urgentte,urgetne,urggente,urgnete,urrgente

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for urgente

Misspelling Variants of "urgente"

rugente7ugrente7uregnte7urgenet7urgennte8urgentte8urgetne7urggente8
Misspelling Variants of "urgente"

Frequency rank: #3,524 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "urgente"?
"urgente" is spelled U-R-G-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [uɾˈxẽn̪t̪e].
What does "urgente" mean?
As an adj, "urgente" means: De necesidad inmediata o con la menor demora.
What words are commonly confused with "urgente"?
"urgente" is commonly confused with "urgentes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "urgente"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "urgente" is [uɾˈxẽn̪t̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "urgente" come from?
"urgente" 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.