amapola
[amaˈpola]
The verdict
“amapola” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #32,956. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,956
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Papaver spp) en particular (Papaver rhoeas) Planta anua de la familia de las papaveráceas, con flores roja, por lo común, y semilla negruzca. Frecuentemente nace en los sembrados y los infesta. Es...
Corpus desk
Index ES-amapola · amapola · Spanish
amapola · rank #32,956 · 9 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,956
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH alterando
Nearest frequency peer: alterando (-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 “amapola”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- alentado
alentado
67,049 corpus weight
- allanar
allanar
67,047 corpus weight
- alterando
alterando
67,046 corpus weight
- amapola
amapola
67,045 corpus weight
- analizadas
analizadas
67,044 corpus weight
- anteayer
anteayer
67,043 corpus weight
What this shows “amapola” 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amapola |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [amaˈpola] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #32,956 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “amapola”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around amapola (IPA [amaˈpola]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,956 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for amapola, with forms such as "aampola", "amaopla", and "amaploa". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "ampolla", "amazona", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is amapola, spelled A-M-A-P-O-L-A.
Definition
- 1(Papaver spp) en particular (Papaver rhoeas) Planta anua de la familia de las papaveráceas, con flores roja, por lo común, y semilla negruzca. Frecuentemente nace en los sembrados y los infesta. Es sudorífica y algo calmante.
- 2(Erythrina poeppigiana) Árbol caducifolio de la familia Fabaceae nativo la zona intertropical de Centroamérica, Sudamérica y Antillas Mayores. Es usado por su valor ornamental debido a su amplia floración y para dar sombra a otros cultivos.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how amapola appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Teddy tenía tanto sueño que se ponía la cuchara en el ojo, cabeceaba como una amapola.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aampola
- amaopla
- amaploa
- amapoal
- amapolla
- amappola
- ammapola
- ampaola
- maapola
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of amapola - 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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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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 (9 here; floor ≥5).