Iglesias
"iglesias" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Iglesias” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #36,611. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,611
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A commune of South Sardinia, Sardinia, Italy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-iglesias · Iglesias · English
Iglesias · rank #36,611 · 11 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,611
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH Huntingdon
Nearest frequency peer: Huntingdon (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Iglesias”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- humpback
humpback
63,393 corpus weight
- hundredth
hundredth
63,392 corpus weight
- Huntingdon
Huntingdon
63,391 corpus weight
- Iglesias
Iglesias
63,390 corpus weight
- igneous
igneous
63,389 corpus weight
- imperfection
imperfection
63,387 corpus weight
What this shows “Iglesias” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Iglesias |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #36,611 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Iglesias”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Iglesias, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #36,611 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Iglesias, with forms such as "gilesias", "igelsias", and "igglesias". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish iglesias. The correct English form is Iglesias, spelled I-G-L-E-S-I-A-S.
Definition
- 1A commune of South Sardinia, Sardinia, Italy.
- 2A surname from Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish iglesias.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- gilesias
- igelsias
- igglesias
- igleisas
- iglesais
- iglesiass
- iglesisa
- iglessias
- igllesias
- iglseias
- ilgesias
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Iglesias - 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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).