asbesto
[asˈβ̞est̪o]
The verdict
“asbesto” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #42,271. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,271
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Silicato cálcico magnésico que constituye una variedad impura del amianto; se presenta en forma de haces de fibras delgadas, duras y rígidas: el asbesto se emplea en la construcción y como tejido i...
Corpus desk
Index ES-asbesto · asbesto · Spanish
asbesto · rank #42,271 · 11 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,271
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH arzobispos
Nearest frequency peer: arzobispos (-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 “asbesto”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- Arredondo
Arredondo
57,733 corpus weight
- artísticame…
artísticamente
57,732 corpus weight
- arzobispos
arzobispos
57,731 corpus weight
- asbesto
asbesto
57,730 corpus weight
- astronómicas
astronómicas
57,729 corpus weight
- atestiguan
atestiguan
57,728 corpus weight
What this shows “asbesto” 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 | asbesto |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [asˈβ̞est̪o] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #42,271 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “asbesto”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around asbesto (IPA [asˈβ̞est̪o]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,271 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Silicato cálcico magnésico que constituye una variedad impura del amianto; se presenta en forma de haces de fibras delgadas, duras y rígidas: el asbesto se emplea en la construcción y como tejido i...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for asbesto, with forms such as "absesto", "asbbesto", and "asbesot". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "asusto", "asentó", "aspecto", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is asbesto, spelled A-S-B-E-S-T-O.
Definition
- 1Silicato cálcico magnésico que constituye una variedad impura del amianto; se presenta en forma de haces de fibras delgadas, duras y rígidas: el asbesto se emplea en la construcción y como tejido incombustible.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- absesto
- asbbesto
- asbesot
- asbessto
- asbestto
- asbetso
- asbseto
- asebsto
- assbesto
- asvesto
- sabesto
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of asbesto - 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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).