atleta
[aˈt̪let̪a]
The verdict
“atleta” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #9,588. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,588
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Persona que realiza un deporte.
Corpus desk
Index ES-atleta · atleta · Spanish
atleta · rank #9,588 · 8 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,588
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH Atlas
Nearest frequency peer: Atlas (-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 “atleta”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- asqueroso
asqueroso
90,416 corpus weight
- Atlas
Atlas
90,414 corpus weight
- atleta
atleta
90,413 corpus weight
- aulas
aulas
90,412 corpus weight
- automática
automática
90,411 corpus weight
- basándose
basándose
90,410 corpus weight
What this shows “atleta” 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 | atleta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈt̪let̪a] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #9,588 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “atleta”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around atleta (IPA [aˈt̪let̪a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,588 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Persona que realiza un deporte.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for atleta, with forms such as "alteta", "atelta", and "atleat". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "atreva", "atlética", "alta", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is atleta, spelled A-T-L-E-T-A.
Definition
- 1Persona que realiza un deporte.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- alteta
- atelta
- atleat
- atletta
- atlleta
- atltea
- attleta
- taleta
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of atleta - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "atleta", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).