ápice
[ˈapise]
The verdict
“ápice” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #18,127. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,127
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 60
- “Á” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Extremo superior o punta de alguna cosa.
Corpus desk
Index ES-apice · ápice · Spanish
ápice · rank #18,127 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,127
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 60
- PHOTO-FINISH Yankee
Nearest frequency peer: Yankee (-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 “ápice”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- válvulas
válvulas
81,879 corpus weight
- Yale
Yale
81,876 corpus weight
- Yankee
Yankee
81,875 corpus weight
- ápice
ápice
81,874 corpus weight
- abarcan
abarcan
81,871 corpus weight
- abdominales
abdominales
81,870 corpus weight
What this shows “ápice” 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 | ápice |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈapise] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #18,127 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “ápice”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around ápice (IPA [ˈapise]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,127 among 60 “Á” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for ápice, with forms such as "páice", "áipce", and "ápcie". 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, "arce", "apio", "apis", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is ápice, spelled Á-P-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1Extremo superior o punta de alguna cosa.
- 2Parte pequeñísima o insignificante.
- 3Parte más complicada o trabajosa de una pregunta o dificultad.
- 4Tilde o signo ortográfico de los que ponen encima de las letras.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ápice appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Que lo he leído en letras de molde, narrado por un cronista de convento, no tengo ápice de duda.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- páice
- áipce
- ápcie
- ápicce
- ápiec
- ápise
- áppice
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ápice - 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 "ápice", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).