apóstol
[aˈpost̪ol]
The verdict
“apóstol” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #12,303. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,303
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cualquiera de los doce discípulos principales de Jesucristo que predicaron sus enseñanzas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-apostol · apóstol · Spanish
apóstol · rank #12,303 · 10 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,303
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH apuntando
Nearest frequency peer: apuntando (-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 “apóstol”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- aprovechan
aprovechan
87,701 corpus weight
- aproximada
aproximada
87,700 corpus weight
- apuntando
apuntando
87,699 corpus weight
- apóstol
apóstol
87,698 corpus weight
- arca
arca
87,697 corpus weight
- arqueología
arqueología
87,696 corpus weight
What this shows “apóstol” 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 | apóstol |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈpost̪ol] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #12,303 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “apóstol”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around apóstol (IPA [aˈpost̪ol]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,303 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for apóstol, with forms such as "appóstol", "apsótol", and "apósotl". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "apóstoles", "agosto", "apostó", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is apóstol, spelled A-P-Ó-S-T-O-L.
Definition
- 1Cualquiera de los doce discípulos principales de Jesucristo que predicaron sus enseñanzas.
- 2Cualquier enviado a transmitir ideas fuera de su ámbito de origen.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how apóstol appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pablo, apóstol de Jesucristo por la voluntad de Dios, a los santos y fieles en Cristo Jesús que están en Éfeso
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- appóstol
- apsótol
- apósotl
- apósstol
- apóstlo
- apóstoll
- apósttol
- apótsol
- aópstol
- paóstol
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of apóstol - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).