atalaya
[at̪aˈlaʝa]
The verdict
“atalaya” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #30,343. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,343
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tipo de fortificación cuyo uso primario es militar y que proporciona un lugar alto y seguro desde el cual poder realizar la vigilancia y hacer observaciones militares; torre de vigilancia.
Corpus desk
Index ES-atalaya · atalaya · Spanish
atalaya · rank #30,343 · 9 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #30,343
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH atacaba
Nearest frequency peer: atacaba (-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 “atalaya”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- asiente
asiente
69,660 corpus weight
- atacaba
atacaba
69,659 corpus weight
- atalaya
atalaya
69,658 corpus weight
- atendía
atendía
69,657 corpus weight
- atrapan
atrapan
69,656 corpus weight
- atribuidas
atribuidas
69,655 corpus weight
What this shows “atalaya” 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 | atalaya |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [at̪aˈlaʝa] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #30,343 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “atalaya”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around atalaya (IPA [at̪aˈlaʝa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,343 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 atalaya, with forms such as "aatlaya", "ataalya", and "atalaay". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "avalada", "atacada", "atacaba", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is atalaya, spelled A-T-A-L-A-Y-A.
Definition
- 1Tipo de fortificación cuyo uso primario es militar y que proporciona un lugar alto y seguro desde el cual poder realizar la vigilancia y hacer observaciones militares; torre de vigilancia.
- 2Cualquier posición elevada desde donde se puede vigilar lo que ocurre.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aatlaya
- ataalya
- atalaay
- atalayya
- atallaya
- atalyaa
- atlaaya
- attalaya
- taalaya
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of atalaya - 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 "atalaya", 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).