arruga
[aˈruɣ̞a]
The verdict
“arruga” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #34,888. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,888
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pliegue (parte que se dobla) o raya de la piel, que puede resultar de distintos factores, pero generalmente por la edad.
Corpus desk
Index ES-arruga · arruga · Spanish
arruga · rank #34,888 · 6 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,888
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH Arriaga
Nearest frequency peer: Arriaga (-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 “arruga”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- arrabal
arrabal
65,116 corpus weight
- arrancamos
arrancamos
65,115 corpus weight
- Arriaga
Arriaga
65,114 corpus weight
- arruga
arruga
65,113 corpus weight
- asistían
asistían
65,112 corpus weight
- atenuar
atenuar
65,110 corpus weight
What this shows “arruga” 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 | arruga |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈruɣ̞a] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #34,888 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “arruga”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around arruga (IPA [aˈruɣ̞a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,888 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for arruga, with forms such as "arrgua", "arruag", and "arrugga". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Aruba", "arrugas", "arruina", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is arruga, spelled A-R-R-U-G-A.
Definition
- 1Pliegue (parte que se dobla) o raya de la piel, que puede resultar de distintos factores, pero generalmente por la edad.
- 2Por extensión, cualquier pliegue en una superficie o material flexible como la tela, el papel, etc.
- 3Deuda que no se ha pagado por mucho tiempo después de vencer el plazo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- arrgua
- arruag
- arrugga
- aruga
- arurga
- raruga
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of arruga - 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 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).