voluntario
[bolũn̪ˈt̪aɾjo]
The verdict
“voluntario” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #6,970 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #6,970
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Se dice de lo que tiene origen en la voluntad.
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 | voluntario |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [bolũn̪ˈt̪aɾjo] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #6,970 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “voluntario” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for voluntario is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bolũn̪ˈt̪aɾjo]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,970 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 generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for voluntario, with forms such as "boluntario", "ovluntario", and "vlountario". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "voluntarios", "voluntaria", "voluntarias", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is voluntario, spelled V-O-L-U-N-T-A-R-I-O.
Definition
- 1Se dice de lo que tiene origen en la voluntad.
- 2Que no es obligatorio, sino libre, que se puede hacer o no según la voluntad.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: boluntario,ovluntario,vlountario,volluntario,volnutario,volunatrio,volunntario,voluntairo,voluntaroi,voluntarrio,voluntraio,volunttario,volutnario,voulntario,vvoluntario
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of voluntario - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “voluntario”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is V-O-L-U-N-T-A-R-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bolũn̪ˈt̪aɾjo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “voluntarios” - see the side-by-side comparison. voluntario vs voluntarios
- 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.