atroz
[aˈt̪ɾos]
The verdict
“atroz” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #16,016. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,016
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cruel, inhumano.
Corpus desk
Index ES-atroz · atroz · Spanish
atroz · rank #16,016 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,016
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH atribuciones
Nearest frequency peer: atribuciones (-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 “atroz”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- ateos
ateos
83,988 corpus weight
- atraen
atraen
83,987 corpus weight
- atribuciones
atribuciones
83,986 corpus weight
- atroz
atroz
83,985 corpus weight
- ausentes
ausentes
83,984 corpus weight
- autismo
autismo
83,983 corpus weight
What this shows “atroz” 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 | atroz |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [aˈt̪ɾos] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #16,016 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “atroz”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around atroz (IPA [aˈt̪ɾos]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,016 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for atroz, with forms such as "artoz", "atorz", and "atrozz". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "aro", "ATR", "abro", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is atroz, spelled A-T-R-O-Z.
Definition
- 1Cruel, inhumano.
- 2Muy grande o desmesurado.
- 3Malo, de pésima calidad.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how atroz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Al ver aquello, el jefe de los ladrones, comprendiendo de qué muerte tan atroz habían perecido sus treinta y siete compañeros, dió un salto prodigioso hasta el borde de la tapia del patio, saltó a la calle y echó a correr
El hambre atroz empuja a cuatro tigres al canibalismo
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- artoz
- atorz
- atrozz
- atrroz
- atrzo
- attroz
- taroz
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of atroz - 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 "atroz", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).