yaguar
[ʝaˈɣ̞waɾ]
The verdict
“yaguar” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Panthera onca) Felino sudamericano de gran tamaño, el mayor del mundo tras el león y el tigre y una de las cuatro especies capaces de rugir gracias a la peculiar conformación de su hioides. Es dis...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | yaguar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʝaˈɣ̞waɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “yaguar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for yaguar is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʝaˈɣ̞waɾ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(Panthera onca) Felino sudamericano de gran tamaño, el mayor del mundo tras el león y el tigre y una de las cuatro especies capaces de rugir gracias a la peculiar conformación de su hioides. Es dis...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for yaguar, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is yaguar, spelled Y-A-G-U-A-R.
Definition
- 1(Panthera onca) Felino sudamericano de gran tamaño, el mayor del mundo tras el león y el tigre y una de las cuatro especies capaces de rugir gracias a la peculiar conformación de su hioides. Es distintiva su piel moteada con rosetas de color negro sobre fondo dorado, aunque existen ejemplares con melanismo, completamente negros. Son predadores solitarios, que cazan en la selva y junto a los ríos, sin tener competencia de ninguna otra especie en su ecosistema. Su mordida es especialmente poderosa, adaptada para partir el cráneo o el cuello de sus presas, incluso bestias de gran tamaño como la anaconda.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “yaguar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is Y-A-G-U-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʝaˈɣ̞waɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.