asfalto

Name: asfalto, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[asˈfal̪t̪o]

/[asˈfal̪t̪o]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“asfalto” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #13,616. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,616
frequency rank, Spanish: 7,704
“A” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fracción pesada del petróleo crudo, actualmente obtenida por destilación. En el pasado se usaron los depósitos naturales del mar Muerto y del lago Asfaltites, lo que le valió el nombre de betún jud...

Corpus desk

Index ES-asfalto · asfalto · Spanish

asfalto · rank #13,616 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

FREQ-MID #13,616
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-DENSE 7,704
PHOTO-FINISH asombro

Nearest frequency peer: asombro (+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.

apreciación

86,388
apropiación

86,387
asfalto

86,385
asombro

86,384
aspirar

86,383
atracciones

86,382

What this shows “asfalto” 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).

asfalto vs asalto

86% similar

asfalto vs asalta

71% similar

asfalto vs asaltos

71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for asfalto
Property	Value
Headword	asfalto
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[asˈfal̪t̪o]
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#13,616
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	4
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “asfalto”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).asfaltocae aquí:

#13,616

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “asombro” (#13,617), “apropiación” (#13,614), “aspirar” (#13,618). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “asfalto” va en #13,616. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around asfalto (IPA [asˈfal̪t̪o]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,616 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for asfalto, with forms such as "afsalto", "asaflto", and "asfallto". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "asalto", "asalta", "asaltos", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is asfalto, spelled A-S-F-A-L-T-O.

Definition

1
Fracción pesada del petróleo crudo, actualmente obtenida por destilación. En el pasado se usaron los depósitos naturales del mar Muerto y del lago Asfaltites, lo que le valió el nombre de betún judaico o betún de Judea.
2
Nombre dado por extensión a la mezcla de asfalto con arena y otras substancia que se utiliza como material en la construcción y en la pavimentación de calles.
3
Calzada revestida de asfalto.

This word in other languages

asphalt(English)Asphalt(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

afsalto
asaflto
asfallto
asfalot
asfaltto
asfatlo
asffalto
asflato
assfalto
safalto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of asfalto - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "asfalto"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "asfalto"?

"asfalto" is spelled A-S-F-A-L-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [asˈfal̪t̪o].

What does "asfalto" mean?

As a noun, "asfalto" means: Fracción pesada del petróleo crudo, actualmente obtenida por destilación. En el pasado se usaron los depósitos naturales del mar Muerto y del lago Asfaltites, lo que le valió el nombre de betún jud...

What words are commonly confused with "asfalto"?

"asfalto" is commonly confused with "asalto", "asalta", "asaltos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "asfalto"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "asfalto" is [asˈfal̪t̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "asfalto" come from?

"asfalto" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "asfalto", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

asombro#13,617 aspirar#13,618 alegres#13,606 cambias#13,628

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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