vamos

/[ˈbamos]/ intj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#259

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

vamos is anSpanishintj. It means: Denota una forma de estimular o aupar a una persona o animal o de darle ánimos. Pronounced [ˈbamos]. It ranks #259 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with vas and vos.

Key facts for vamos
PropertyValue
Headwordvamos
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechIntj
IPA[ˈbamos]
Letters5
Frequency rank#259
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for vamos is 5 letters long, classified as anintj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbamos]. Corpus data places it at rank #259 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Denota una forma de estimular o aupar a una persona o animal o de darle ánimos.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for vamos, with forms such as "avmos", "bamos", and "vammos". 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, "vas", "vos", "vaso", 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 vamos, spelled V-A-M-O-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Denota una forma de estimular o aupar a una persona o animal o de darle ánimos.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: avmos,bamos,vammos,vamoss,vamso,vaoms,vmaos,vvamos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for vamos

Misspelling Variants of "vamos"

avmos5bamos5vammos6vamoss6vamso5vaoms5vmaos5vvamos6
Misspelling Variants of "vamos"

Frequency rank: #259 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vamos"?
"vamos" is spelled V-A-M-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbamos].
What does "vamos" mean?
As an intj, "vamos" means: Denota una forma de estimular o aupar a una persona o animal o de darle ánimos.
What words are commonly confused with "vamos"?
"vamos" is commonly confused with "vas", "vos", "vaso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vamos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vamos" is [ˈbamos]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vamos" come from?
"vamos" 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.