viajar

/[bjaˈxaɾ]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,060

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

viajar is aSpanishverb. It means: Desplazarse de un sitio a otro, en especial si la distancia es apreciable. Pronounced [bjaˈxaɾ]. It ranks #2,060 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with viaje and vieja.

Key facts for viajar
PropertyValue
Headwordviajar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bjaˈxaɾ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,060
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for viajar is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bjaˈxaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,060 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for viajar, with forms such as "biajar", "ivajar", and "vaijar". 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, "viaje", "vieja", "viajo", 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 viajar, spelled V-I-A-J-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Desplazarse de un sitio a otro, en especial si la distancia es apreciable.
  2. 2
    Seguir un determinado curso o trayectoria.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: biajar,ivajar,vaijar,viaajr,viajarr,viajjar,viajra,vijaar,vviajar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for viajar

Misspelling Variants of "viajar"

biajar6ivajar6vaijar6viaajr6viajarr7viajjar7viajra6vijaar6
Misspelling Variants of "viajar"

Frequency rank: #2,060 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "viajar"?
"viajar" is spelled V-I-A-J-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [bjaˈxaɾ].
What does "viajar" mean?
As a verb, "viajar" means: Desplazarse de un sitio a otro, en especial si la distancia es apreciable.
What words are commonly confused with "viajar"?
"viajar" is commonly confused with "viaje", "vieja", "viajo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "viajar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "viajar" is [bjaˈxaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "viajar" come from?
"viajar" 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.