activos

[akˈt̪iβ̞os]

/[akˈt̪iβ̞os]/ noun

The verdict

“activos” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #2,857. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,857
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del plural de activo.

Corpus desk

Index ES-activos · activos · Spanish

activos · rank #2,857 · 11 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,857
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH aceite

Nearest frequency peer: aceite (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “activos”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “activos” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

activos vs actos
71% similar
activos vs archivos
75% similar
activos vs aditivos
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for activos
PropertyValue
Headwordactivos
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[akˈt̪iβ̞os]
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,857
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “activos”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.activoscae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “aceite” (#2,856), “Alejandro” (#2,858), “absoluta” (#2,855). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “activos” va en #2,857. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around activos (IPA [akˈt̪iβ̞os]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,857 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Forma del plural de activo.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for activos, with forms such as "acctivos", "acitvos", and "actibos". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "actos", "archivos", "aditivos", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is activos, spelled A-C-T-I-V-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de activo.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acctivos
  • acitvos
  • actibos
  • actiovs
  • activoss
  • activso
  • activvos
  • acttivos
  • actvios
  • atcivos
  • cativos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of activos - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

acctivos1acitvos2actibos1actiovs2activoss1activso2activvos1acttivos1
Edit distance from "activos"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "activos"?
"activos" is spelled A-C-T-I-V-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [akˈt̪iβ̞os].
What does "activos" mean?
As a noun, "activos" means: Forma del plural de activo.
What words are commonly confused with "activos"?
"activos" is commonly confused with "actos", "archivos", "aditivos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "activos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "activos" is [akˈt̪iβ̞os]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "activos" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "activos", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list