apesta
[aˈpest̪a]
The verdict
“apesta” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #19,625. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,625
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de apestar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-apesta · apesta · Spanish
apesta · rank #19,625 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,625
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH anula
Nearest frequency peer: anula (-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 “apesta”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- anticoncept…
anticonceptivos
80,379 corpus weight
- anticuerpos
anticuerpos
80,378 corpus weight
- anula
anula
80,377 corpus weight
- apesta
apesta
80,376 corpus weight
- Aragua
Aragua
80,375 corpus weight
- arruinado
arruinado
80,374 corpus weight
What this shows “apesta” 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 | apesta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aˈpest̪a] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #19,625 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “apesta”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around apesta (IPA [aˈpest̪a]), averb. Corpus frequency is #19,625 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for apesta, with forms such as "aepsta", "apesat", and "apessta". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "asta", "apta", "apunta", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 apesta, spelled A-P-E-S-T-A.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de apestar.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de apestar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aepsta
- apesat
- apessta
- apestta
- apetsa
- appesta
- apseta
- paesta
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of apesta - 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "apesta", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).