aptitud
[apt̪iˈt̪uð̞]
The verdict
“aptitud” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #17,041. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,041
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capacidad de una persona o una cosa para hacer correctamente una labor o actividad.
Corpus desk
Index ES-aptitud · aptitud · Spanish
aptitud · rank #17,041 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,041
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH apretado
Nearest frequency peer: apretado (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “aptitud”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- aplaudir
aplaudir
82,963 corpus weight
- aprecian
aprecian
82,962 corpus weight
- apretado
apretado
82,961 corpus weight
- aptitud
aptitud
82,960 corpus weight
- argumentar
argumentar
82,959 corpus weight
- artesanales
artesanales
82,957 corpus weight
What this shows “aptitud” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | aptitud |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [apt̪iˈt̪uð̞] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #17,041 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “aptitud” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around aptitud (IPA [apt̪iˈt̪uð̞]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,041 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for aptitud, with forms such as "apittud", "apptitud", and "aptitdu". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "aptitudes", "actitud", "altitud", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 aptitud, spelled A-P-T-I-T-U-D.
Definition
- 1Capacidad de una persona o una cosa para hacer correctamente una labor o actividad.
- 2Don natural para aprender cierta disciplina, materia o arte, y desempeñarse en ella con habilidad.
- 3Idoneidad para asumir cierta función o empleo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apittud
- apptitud
- aptitdu
- aptittud
- aptitudd
- aptiutd
- apttitud
- apttiud
- atpitud
- patitud
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aptitud - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "aptitud", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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).