apartheid

Name: apartheid, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈapaɾt̪xejð̞]

/[ˈapaɾt̪xejð̞]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“apartheid” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #25,522. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,522
frequency rank, Spanish: 7,704
“A” headwords: 13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sistema legal de segregación racial implantado en Sudáfrica por los colonizadores afrikáners, de origen holandés, y que estuvo vigente entre 1948 y 1990.

Corpus desk

Index ES-apartheid · apartheid · Spanish

apartheid · rank #25,522 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #25,522
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 13 variants
BOOK-DENSE 7,704
PHOTO-FINISH apuntas

Nearest frequency peer: apuntas (+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.

amorosos

74,483
analfabetos

74,482
apartheid

74,479
apuntas

74,478
arreglaron

74,477
asiáticas

74,476

What this shows “apartheid” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Key facts for apartheid
Property	Value
Headword	apartheid
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈapaɾt̪xejð̞]
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#25,522
Misspellings tracked	13
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “apartheid”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).apartheidcae aquí:

#25,522

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “apuntas” (#25,523), “arreglaron” (#25,524), “analfabetos” (#25,519). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “apartheid” va en #25,522. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around apartheid (IPA [ˈapaɾt̪xejð̞]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,522 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for apartheid, with forms such as "aaprtheid", "aparhteid", and "aparrtheid". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is apartheid, spelled A-P-A-R-T-H-E-I-D.

Definition

1
Sistema legal de segregación racial implantado en Sudáfrica por los colonizadores afrikáners, de origen holandés, y que estuvo vigente entre 1948 y 1990.
2
Cualquier tipo de diferenciación social dentro del contexto de una nación, mediante la cual un sector de la población tiene plenos derechos y otro sector queda relegado a un estatus de marginación.

This word in other languages

apartheid(English)apartheid(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

aaprtheid
aparhteid
aparrtheid
apartehid
aparthedi
apartheidd
aparthheid
aparthied
aparttheid
apatrheid
appartheid
apratheid
paartheid

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of apartheid - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "apartheid"

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 "apartheid"?

"apartheid" is spelled A-P-A-R-T-H-E-I-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapaɾt̪xejð̞].

What does "apartheid" mean?

As a noun, "apartheid" means: Sistema legal de segregación racial implantado en Sudáfrica por los colonizadores afrikáners, de origen holandés, y que estuvo vigente entre 1948 y 1990.

What are common misspellings of "apartheid"?

Common misspellings include "aaprtheid", "aparhteid", "aparrtheid", "apartehid", "aparthedi". The correct spelling is "apartheid".

How do you pronounce "apartheid"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "apartheid" is [ˈapaɾt̪xejð̞]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "apartheid" come from?

"apartheid" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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