apartheid
[ˈapaɾt̪xejð̞]
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
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sistema legal de segregación racial implantado en Sudáfrica por los colonizadores afrikáners, de origen holandés, y que estuvo vigente entre 1948 y 1990.
| 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) |
Where “apartheid” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around apartheid (IPA [ˈapaɾt̪xejð̞]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,522 among 120,137 “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
- 1Sistema legal de segregación racial implantado en Sudáfrica por los colonizadores afrikáners, de origen holandés, y que estuvo vigente entre 1948 y 1990.
- 2Cualquier 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
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.
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 “apartheid”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-P-A-R-T-H-E-I-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈapaɾt̪xejð̞] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.