aparejo
[apaˈɾexo]
The verdict
“aparejo” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #47,553. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,553
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Conjunto de herramientas e instrumentos requeridos para realizar alguna actividad particular.
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 | aparejo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [apaˈɾexo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #47,553 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aparejo” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around aparejo (IPA [apaˈɾexo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,553 among 120,137 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for aparejo, with forms such as "aaprejo", "apaerjo", and "aparejjo". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "apretó", "aparezco", "aparece", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 aparejo, spelled A-P-A-R-E-J-O.
Definition
- 1Conjunto de herramientas e instrumentos requeridos para realizar alguna actividad particular.
- 2Acción o efecto de aparejar.
- 3Máquina compuesta de dos poleas y un cabo que alternativamente va dando vueltas, o pasando por las diversas roldanas de cada una de aquellas. Esta máquina, conocida en mecánica con la denominación de funicular, es una de las de mayor potencia que se conocen. Cuando una de las poleas no tiene más que una roldana, o es un motón, el aparejo se dice sencillo: en los demás casos es doble; y según el número de vueltas que da el cabo en las poleas, se llama de cuatro, de seis. etc. cordones o guarnes, tomando también con relación al objeto y a la forma en que se aplica, un sobrenombre o denominación particular; como las de aparejo de gancho; de rabiza; de burel y estrobo, etc.
- 4Conjunto de los palos, vergas, jarcias y velas del buque.
- 5El mismo conjunto, aun cuando no estén las velas envergadas, o sin contar con ellas.
- 6El número y clase de estas que se llevan mareadas. Por consiguiente, cuando son todas se dice que va todo el aparejo largo o mareado; y si es una parte, que se lleva tal aparejo.
- 7Los cordelillos y anzuelos que componen todo el aparato de pescar a mano.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aaprejo
- apaerjo
- aparejjo
- apareoj
- aparjeo
- aparrejo
- apparejo
- apraejo
- paarejo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aparejo - 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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Using “aparejo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-P-A-R-E-J-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [apaˈɾexo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “apretó” - see the side-by-side comparison. aparejo vs apretó
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.