anécdota

[aˈnekð̞ot̪a]

/[aˈnekð̞ot̪a]/ noun

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The verdict

“anécdota” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #11,521. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,521
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Narración de un suceso privado o secreto.

Corpus desk

Index ES-anecdota · anécdota · Spanish

anécdota · rank #11,521 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #11,521
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH anciana

Nearest frequency peer: anciana (-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 “anécdota”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “anécdota” 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).

anécdota vs anécdotas
89% similar

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

Key facts for anécdota
PropertyValue
Headwordanécdota
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aˈnekð̞ot̪a]
Letters8
Frequency rank#11,521
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “anécdota”

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

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “anciana” (#11,520), “anécdotas” (#11,522), “anatomía” (#11,519). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “anécdota” va en #11,521. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around anécdota (IPA [aˈnekð̞ot̪a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,521 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for anécdota, with forms such as "ancédota", "annécdota", and "anéccdota". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "anécdotas", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is anécdota, spelled A-N-É-C-D-O-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Narración de un suceso privado o secreto.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, narración de un suceso para entretenimiento o ejemplificación.
  3. 3
    Por extensión, suceso trivial.
  4. 4
    Estructura de los eventos de una narración.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how anécdota appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ni logran conmigo más aceptación las anécdotas (o historias inéditas de cosas ocultas) que están impressas con nombre de autor. ¿Qué fiador tiene de su veracidad el que las escribe?
  2. Su obra además está llena de anécdotas curiosas, y nos ha sido de mucha utilidad para aclarar ciertas expresiones ambiguas del P. Gonzalez, á quien su profesion y estado imponian naturalmente cierta reserva en materias cortesanas.

Synonyms

argumentotrama

This word in other languages

anecdote(English)anecdote(Français)Anekdote(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ancédota
  • annécdota
  • anéccdota
  • anécddota
  • anécdoat
  • anécdotta
  • anécdtoa
  • anécodta
  • anédcota
  • aéncdota
  • naécdota

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of anécdota - 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.

ancédota2annécdota1anéccdota1anécddota1anécdoat2anécdotta1anécdtoa2anécodta2
Edit distance from "anécdota"

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 "anécdota"?
"anécdota" is spelled A-N-É-C-D-O-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈnekð̞ot̪a].
What does "anécdota" mean?
As a noun, "anécdota" means: Narración de un suceso privado o secreto.
What words are commonly confused with "anécdota"?
"anécdota" is commonly confused with "anécdotas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "anécdota"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anécdota" is [aˈnekð̞ot̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anécdota" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

anatomía#11,519avenidas#11,525Albacete#11,516adoptada#11,515

Similar misspelling depth

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

amarillas11 variantsconfiado11 variantsrefuerzo11 variantsdominado11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list