apto
[ˈapt̪o]
The verdict
“apto” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #11,711) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #11,711
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que sirve, es adecuado o está disponible para un fin o propósito
Corpus desk
Index ES-apto · apto · Spanish
apto · rank #11,711 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,711
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH aprovechamien…
Nearest frequency peer: aprovechamiento (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “apto”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Andina
Andina
88,293 corpus weight
- apoyada
apoyada
88,292 corpus weight
- aprovechami…
aprovechamiento
88,291 corpus weight
- apto
apto
88,290 corpus weight
- apunto
apunto
88,289 corpus weight
- archipiélago
archipiélago
88,288 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “apto” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | apto |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈapt̪o] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #11,711 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “apto” sits in Spanish frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for apto is neighbouring look-alikes ("at", "art", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced [ˈapt̪o]. Frequency #11,711 among 7,704 “A” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for apto, with forms such as "apot", "appto", and "aptto". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "at", "art", "aro", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 apto, spelled A-P-T-O.
Definition
- 1Que sirve, es adecuado o está disponible para un fin o propósito
- 2Que posee conocimientos necesarios para un examen
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apot
- appto
- aptto
- atpo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of apto - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "apto", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
What to do next
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- "apto" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "at". View pair
- 4 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #11,711 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "A" letter cohort. A–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.