asfixia
[asˈfiksja]
The verdict
“asfixia” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #20,268. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,268
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Suspensión o dificultad en la respiración.
Corpus desk
Index ES-asfixia · asfixia · Spanish
asfixia · rank #20,268 · 9 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,268
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH arreglando
Nearest frequency peer: arreglando (-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 “asfixia”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- arranco
arranco
79,735 corpus weight
- arreglando
arreglando
79,734 corpus weight
- asfixia
asfixia
79,733 corpus weight
- asociar
asociar
79,732 corpus weight
- asombra
asombra
79,731 corpus weight
- astuto
astuto
79,730 corpus weight
What this shows “asfixia” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | asfixia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [asˈfiksja] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #20,268 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “asfixia”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around asfixia (IPA [asˈfiksja]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,268 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for asfixia, with forms such as "afsixia", "asffixia", and "asfiixa". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is asfixia, spelled A-S-F-I-X-I-A.
Definition
- 1Suspensión o dificultad en la respiración.
- 2Aniquilación de algo o grave impedimento de su existencia o desarrollo.
- 3Sensación de agobio producida por el excesivo calor, el enrarecimiento del ambiente o por otras causas físicas o psíquicas.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- afsixia
- asffixia
- asfiixa
- asfixai
- asfixxia
- asfxiia
- asifxia
- assfixia
- safixia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of asfixia - 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 (9 here; floor ≥5).