aspirar
[aspiˈɾaɾ]
The verdict
“aspirar” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #13,618. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,618
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enviar aire hacia los pulmones.
Corpus desk
Index ES-aspirar · aspirar · Spanish
aspirar · rank #13,618 · 9 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,618
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “aspirar”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- asfalto
asfalto
86,385 corpus weight
- asombro
asombro
86,384 corpus weight
- aspirar
aspirar
86,383 corpus weight
- atracciones
atracciones
86,382 corpus weight
- august
august
86,381 corpus weight
- avanzadas
avanzadas
86,380 corpus weight
What this shows “aspirar” 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 | aspirar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aspiˈɾaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #13,618 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “aspirar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around aspirar (IPA [aspiˈɾaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #13,618 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for aspirar, with forms such as "apsirar", "asiprar", and "aspiarr". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "aspiro", "aspire", "aspira", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 aspirar, spelled A-S-P-I-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1Enviar aire hacia los pulmones.
- 2Desear algo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aspirar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pedro III, al ser yerno del regente de Sicilia, aspiró al trono, a lo que le ayudaron el rey Sancho IV de Castilla, el emperador Miguel VIII de Bizancio y el papa Nicolás III.
Aspiró a ser auditor de Marina, pero sólo fue investido como "ayudante" (principalmente debido a su escasa experiencia), encomendándosele los aspectos jurídicos de la Comandancia General de Marina.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apsirar
- asiprar
- aspiarr
- aspirarr
- aspirrar
- asppirar
- aspriar
- asspirar
- sapirar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aspirar - 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 "aspirar", 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 (9 here; floor ≥5).