arrestar
[aresˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“arrestar” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #15,776. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,776
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poner preso.
Corpus desk
Index ES-arrestar · arrestar · Spanish
arrestar · rank #15,776 · 10 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,776
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH aras
Nearest frequency peer: aras (-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 “arrestar”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- aproxima
aproxima
84,228 corpus weight
- aras
aras
84,226 corpus weight
- arrestar
arrestar
84,225 corpus weight
- asesora
asesora
84,224 corpus weight
- asigna
asigna
84,223 corpus weight
- aspiración
aspiración
84,222 corpus weight
What this shows “arrestar” 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 | arrestar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aresˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #15,776 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “arrestar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around arrestar (IPA [aresˈt̪aɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #15,776 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Poner preso.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for arrestar, with forms such as "arerstar", "arestar", and "arresatr". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "arresto", "arrestos", "arresten", 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, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is arrestar, spelled A-R-R-E-S-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Poner preso.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- arerstar
- arestar
- arresatr
- arresstar
- arrestarr
- arrestra
- arresttar
- arretsar
- arrsetar
- rarestar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of arrestar - 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 "arrestar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).