apelativo
[apelaˈt̪iβ̞o]
The verdict
“apelativo” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #39,573. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,573
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Adjetivo usado para apellidar o calificar una persona o cosa.
Corpus desk
Index ES-apelativo · apelativo · Spanish
apelativo · rank #39,573 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #39,573
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH anything
Nearest frequency peer: anything (-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 “apelativo”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- antidemocrá…
antidemocrático
60,432 corpus weight
- antoje
antoje
60,431 corpus weight
- anunciara
anunciara
60,430 corpus weight
- anything
anything
60,429 corpus weight
- apelativo
apelativo
60,428 corpus weight
- aprobé
aprobé
60,426 corpus weight
What this shows “apelativo” 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 | apelativo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [apelaˈt̪iβ̞o] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #39,573 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “apelativo”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around apelativo (IPA [apelaˈt̪iβ̞o]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #39,573 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 apelativo, with forms such as "aeplativo", "apealtivo", and "apelaitvo". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "aperitivo", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is apelativo, spelled A-P-E-L-A-T-I-V-O.
Definition
- 1Adjetivo usado para apellidar o calificar una persona o cosa.
- 2Expresión lingüística que pretende influir en el interlocutor.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aeplativo
- apealtivo
- apelaitvo
- apelatibo
- apelatiov
- apelativvo
- apelattivo
- apelatvio
- apellativo
- apeltaivo
- apleativo
- appelativo
- paelativo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of apelativo - 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 "apelativo", 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 (13 here; floor ≥5).