API
[ˈapi]
The verdict
“API” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #19,027) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #19,027
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Conjunto de especificaciones e implementación de comunicación entre componentes software. Se trata de de un conjunto de funciones o llamadas al sistema o bien un conjuto de clases y sus métodos cuy...
Corpus desk
Index ES-api · API · Spanish
API · rank #19,027 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,027
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH Antón
Nearest frequency peer: Antón (-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.
Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “API”
Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo
- alférez
alférez
80,977 corpus weight
- alguacil
alguacil
80,976 corpus weight
- Antón
Antón
80,975 corpus weight
- API
API
80,974 corpus weight
- apostando
apostando
80,973 corpus weight
- Aranda
Aranda
80,972 corpus weight
What this shows Las barras sitúan “API” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.
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 | API |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈapi] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #19,027 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “API”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for API is neighbouring look-alikes ("ay", "as", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈapi]. Frequency #19,027 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Gloss: "Conjunto de especificaciones e implementación de comunicación entre componentes software. Se trata de de un conjunto de funciones o llamadas al sistema o bien un conjuto de clases y sus métodos cuy...".
Zero misspellings are on record for API in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ay", "as", "at", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is API, spelled A-P-I.
Definition
- 1Conjunto de especificaciones e implementación de comunicación entre componentes software. Se trata de de un conjunto de funciones o llamadas al sistema o bien un conjuto de clases y sus métodos cuyo propósito es ofrecer acceso a los servicios de un sistema.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how API appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hay disponibles varias API para utilizar las camaras TWAIN.
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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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).