arresto
[aˈrest̪o]
The verdict
“arresto” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #6,034. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,034
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción de arrestar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-arresto · arresto · Spanish
arresto · rank #6,034 · 8 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,034
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH aprueba
Nearest frequency peer: aprueba (-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 “arresto”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- ancianos
ancianos
93,970 corpus weight
- apoyado
apoyado
93,969 corpus weight
- aprueba
aprueba
93,968 corpus weight
- arresto
arresto
93,967 corpus weight
- asume
asume
93,966 corpus weight
- aumentando
aumentando
93,964 corpus weight
What this shows “arresto” 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 | arresto |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈrest̪o] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #6,034 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “arresto”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around arresto (IPA [aˈrest̪o]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,034 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for arresto, with forms such as "arersto", "aresto", and "arresot". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "asbesto", "arrestos", "arriesgo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 arresto, spelled A-R-R-E-S-T-O.
Definition
- 1Acción de arrestar.
- 2Arrojo o determinación para emprender alguna cosa ardua.
- 3Detención provisional del presunto reo.
- 4Reclusión por un tiempo breve, como corrección o pena.
- 5Prisión.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- arersto
- aresto
- arresot
- arressto
- arrestto
- arretso
- arrseto
- raresto
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of arresto - 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 "arresto", 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 (8 here; floor ≥5).