anticuado
[ãn̪t̪iˈkwað̞o]
The verdict
“anticuado” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #24,373. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,373
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Obsoleto o en desuso desde hace tiempo; perteneciente a otra época; pasado de moda; chapado a la antigua.
Corpus desk
Index ES-anticuado · anticuado · Spanish
anticuado · rank #24,373 · 12 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,373
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH animaciones
Nearest frequency peer: animaciones (-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 “anticuado”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- ametrallado…
ametralladora
75,631 corpus weight
- amigables
amigables
75,630 corpus weight
- animaciones
animaciones
75,629 corpus weight
- anticuado
anticuado
75,628 corpus weight
- apasionante
apasionante
75,627 corpus weight
- aportaron
aportaron
75,626 corpus weight
What this shows “anticuado” 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 | anticuado |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ãn̪t̪iˈkwað̞o] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #24,373 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “anticuado”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around anticuado (IPA [ãn̪t̪iˈkwað̞o]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,373 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Obsoleto o en desuso desde hace tiempo; perteneciente a otra época; pasado de moda; chapado a la antigua.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for anticuado, with forms such as "anitcuado", "annticuado", and "antciuado". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "articulado", "anticuados", "anticuada", 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 is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is anticuado, spelled A-N-T-I-C-U-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1Obsoleto o en desuso desde hace tiempo; perteneciente a otra época; pasado de moda; chapado a la antigua.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- anitcuado
- annticuado
- antciuado
- anticaudo
- anticcuado
- anticuaddo
- anticuaod
- anticudao
- antiucado
- antticuado
- atnicuado
- naticuado
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of anticuado - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "anticuado", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).