aorta
[aˈoɾt̪a]
The verdict
“aorta” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #39,050. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,050
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arteria principal en los animales vertebrados, que nace del ventrículo izquierdo del corazón.
Corpus desk
Index ES-aorta · aorta · Spanish
aorta · rank #39,050 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,050
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH Anto
Nearest frequency peer: Anto (-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 “aorta”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- animalito
animalito
60,954 corpus weight
- anticomunis…
anticomunista
60,953 corpus weight
- Anto
Anto
60,952 corpus weight
- aorta
aorta
60,951 corpus weight
- apegado
apegado
60,950 corpus weight
- apetecía
apetecía
60,949 corpus weight
What this shows “aorta” 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 | aorta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈoɾt̪a] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #39,050 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “aorta”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around aorta (IPA [aˈoɾt̪a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,050 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for aorta, with forms such as "aorat", "aorrta", and "aortta". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "art", "arte", "arma", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 aorta, spelled A-O-R-T-A.
Definition
- 1Arteria principal en los animales vertebrados, que nace del ventrículo izquierdo del corazón.
- 2Arteria que nace del ventrículo cardiaco de diversos animales tales como peces, cefalópodos, reptiles, lamelibranquios y otros.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aorta appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Agonía del crucificado que padece las angustias de todas las muertes. Dolor de peso de podredumbre de las meninges, del corazón, de la aorta, de los pulmones que se estancan, se macizan de sangre parada. Las arterias, que llevan la dulzura de la vida, se vuelven dogales».
«Aunque tales accesos suelen ser de menos gravedad que dolorosos y alarmantes, hay en este caso una lesión de la aorta que hace el pronóstico más sombrío. Pero no fatal en absoluto».
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aorat
- aorrta
- aortta
- aotra
- arota
- oarta
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aorta - 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 "aorta", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).