asterisco
[ast̪eˈɾisko]
The verdict
“asterisco” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #40,656. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,656
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Símbolo en forma de estrella con que se indican en los libros las llamadas de atención.
Corpus desk
Index ES-asterisco · asterisco · Spanish
asterisco · rank #40,656 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,656
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH aspiraba
Nearest frequency peer: aspiraba (-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 “asterisco”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- asombrados
asombrados
59,347 corpus weight
- aspiraba
aspiraba
59,346 corpus weight
- asterisco
asterisco
59,345 corpus weight
- asumía
asumía
59,344 corpus weight
- atardeceres
atardeceres
59,343 corpus weight
- atestigua
atestigua
59,342 corpus weight
What this shows “asterisco” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | asterisco |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ast̪eˈɾisko] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #40,656 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “asterisco”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around asterisco (IPA [ast̪eˈɾisko]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,656 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for asterisco, with forms such as "asetrisco", "assterisco", and "asteirsco". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is asterisco, spelled A-S-T-E-R-I-S-C-O.
Definition
- 1Símbolo en forma de estrella con que se indican en los libros las llamadas de atención.
- 2Genitales externos de la mujer.
- 3Culo, ano.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- asetrisco
- assterisco
- asteirsco
- astericso
- asteriscco
- asterisoc
- asterissco
- asterrisco
- astersico
- astreisco
- astterisco
- atserisco
- saterisco
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of asterisco - 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 "asterisco", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).