voluntario

/[bolũn̪ˈt̪aɾjo]/ adj

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,970

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

voluntario is anSpanishadj. It means: Se dice de lo que tiene origen en la voluntad. Pronounced [bolũn̪ˈt̪aɾjo]. It ranks #6,970 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with voluntarios and voluntaria.

Key facts for voluntario
PropertyValue
Headwordvoluntario
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[bolũn̪ˈt̪aɾjo]
Letters10
Frequency rank#6,970
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for voluntario is 10 letters long, classified as anadj, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for voluntario, with forms such as "boluntario", "ovluntario", and "vlountario". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "voluntarios", "voluntaria", "voluntarias", 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 voluntario, spelled V-O-L-U-N-T-A-R-I-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se dice de lo que tiene origen en la voluntad.
  2. 2
    Que no es obligatorio, sino libre, que se puede hacer o no según la voluntad.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: boluntario,ovluntario,vlountario,volluntario,volnutario,volunatrio,volunntario,voluntairo,voluntaroi,voluntarrio,voluntraio,volunttario,volutnario,voulntario,vvoluntario

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for voluntario

Misspelling Variants of "voluntario"

boluntario10ovluntario10vlountario10volluntario11volnutario10volunatrio10volunntario11voluntairo10
Misspelling Variants of "voluntario"

Frequency rank: #6,970 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "voluntario"?
"voluntario" is spelled V-O-L-U-N-T-A-R-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is [bolũn̪ˈt̪aɾjo].
What does "voluntario" mean?
As an adj, "voluntario" means: Se dice de lo que tiene origen en la voluntad.
What words are commonly confused with "voluntario"?
"voluntario" is commonly confused with "voluntarios", "voluntaria", "voluntarias". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "voluntario"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "voluntario" is [bolũn̪ˈt̪aɾjo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "voluntario" come from?
"voluntario" 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.