aterrador

[at̪eraˈð̞oɾ]

/[at̪eraˈð̞oɾ]/ adj

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The verdict

“aterrador” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #17,879. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,879
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que aterra, que da terror.

Corpus desk

Index ES-aterrador · aterrador · Spanish

aterrador · rank #17,879 · 11 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,879
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH atendió

Nearest frequency peer: atendió (-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 “aterrador”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “aterrador” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

aterrador vs aterrados
89% similar
aterrador vs aterradora
90% similar
aterrador vs aterradoras
82% similar

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

Key facts for aterrador
PropertyValue
Headwordaterrador
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[at̪eraˈð̞oɾ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#17,879
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “aterrador”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).aterradorcae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “atendió” (#17,878), “atrevería” (#17,880), “asignaciones” (#17,877). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “aterrador” va en #17,879. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around aterrador (IPA [at̪eraˈð̞oɾ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #17,879 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Que aterra, que da terror.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for aterrador, with forms such as "aetrrador", "aterador", and "aterardor". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "aterrados", "aterradora", "aterradoras", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is aterrador, spelled A-T-E-R-R-A-D-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que aterra, que da terror.

This word in other languages

terrifying(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aetrrador
  • aterador
  • aterardor
  • aterraddor
  • aterradorr
  • aterradro
  • aterraodr
  • aterrdaor
  • atrerador
  • atterrador
  • taerrador

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aterrador - 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.

aetrrador2aterador1aterardor2aterraddor1aterradorr1aterradro2aterraodr2aterrdaor2
Edit distance from "aterrador"

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 "aterrador"?
"aterrador" is spelled A-T-E-R-R-A-D-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [at̪eraˈð̞oɾ].
What does "aterrador" mean?
As an adjective, "aterrador" means: Que aterra, que da terror.
What words are commonly confused with "aterrador"?
"aterrador" is commonly confused with "aterrados", "aterradora", "aterradoras". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aterrador"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aterrador" is [at̪eraˈð̞oɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aterrador" come from?
"aterrador" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

atrevería#17,880aumentada#17,881ascensión#17,876artefacto#17,874

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

caluroso11 variantsardiendo11 variantsaragonés11 variantsandaban11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list