alegoría

Name: alegoría, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[aleɣ̞oˈɾia]

/[aleɣ̞oˈɾia]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“alegoría” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #28,227. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,227
frequency rank, Spanish: 7,704
“A” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Invención o creación ficticia con sentido o significado diferentes al explícito.

Corpus desk

Index ES-alegoria · alegoría · Spanish

alegoría · rank #28,227 · 10 variants · 8 confusables

FREQ-MID #28,227
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-DENSE 7,704
PHOTO-FINISH Alcaraz

Nearest frequency peer: Alcaraz (-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.

ahorcado

71,778
alcantarilla

71,777
alcanzaría

71,776
Alcaraz

71,775
alegoría

71,774
alertar

71,772

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

alegoría vs alegra

75% similar

alegoría vs alegría

88% similar

alegoría vs asesoría

75% similar

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

Key facts for alegoría
Property	Value
Headword	alegoría
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[aleɣ̞oˈɾia]
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#28,227
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	8
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “alegoría”

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

#28,227

#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 “Alcaraz” (#28,226), “alcanzaría” (#28,225), “alertar” (#28,229). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “alegoría” va en #28,227. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around alegoría (IPA [aleɣ̞oˈɾia]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,227 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for alegoría, with forms such as "aelgoría", "aleggoría", and "alegoraí". 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. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "alegra", "alegría", "asesoría", and more, 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is alegoría, spelled A-L-E-G-O-R-Í-A.

Definition

1
Invención o creación ficticia con sentido o significado diferentes al explícito.
2
Obra con sentido alegórico.
3
Procedimiento retórico que se asocia al razonamiento mediante analogías y crea un sistema extenso y subdividido de imágenes metafóricas que representa un pensamiento más complejo o una experiencia humana real.

This word in other languages

allegory(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

aelgoría
aleggoría
alegoraí
alegorría
alegoíra
alegroía
aleogría
algeoría
allegoría
laegoría

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alegoría - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "alegoría"

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 "alegoría"?

"alegoría" is spelled A-L-E-G-O-R-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [aleɣ̞oˈɾia].

What does "alegoría" mean?

As a noun, "alegoría" means: Invención o creación ficticia con sentido o significado diferentes al explícito.

What words are commonly confused with "alegoría"?

"alegoría" is commonly confused with "alegra", "alegría", "asesoría". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "alegoría"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alegoría" is [aleɣ̞oˈɾia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "alegoría" come from?

"alegoría" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ahorcado#28,223 ahogando#28,222 aplicaba#28,237 arsénico#28,240

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Alcaraz10 variants amanece10 variants adverso10 variants adivino10 variants