atún
[aˈt̪ũn]
The verdict
“atún” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #12,765. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,765
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Thunnus spp.) Cualquiera de una docena de especies de peces oceánicos de la familia de los escómbridos, grandes nadadores y de gran tamaño; su carne, muy apreciada como alimento, es de color rojo ...
Corpus desk
Index ES-atun · atún · Spanish
atún · rank #12,765 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,765
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 120,137
- PHOTO-FINISH artefactos
Nearest frequency peer: artefactos (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “atún”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- aprenda
aprenda
87,240 corpus weight
- aprovechado
aprovechado
87,239 corpus weight
- arroja
arroja
87,238 corpus weight
- artefactos
artefactos
87,237 corpus weight
- atún
atún
87,236 corpus weight
- bajen
bajen
87,234 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “atún” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | atún |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈt̪ũn] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #12,765 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “atún” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around atún (IPA [aˈt̪ũn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,765 among 120,137 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for atún, with forms such as "atnú", "attún", and "atúnn". 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, "au", "aún", "aux", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is atún, spelled A-T-Ú-N.
Definition
- 1(Thunnus spp.) Cualquiera de una docena de especies de peces oceánicos de la familia de los escómbridos, grandes nadadores y de gran tamaño; su carne, muy apreciada como alimento, es de color rojo intenso, excepcional entre los peces, por su alto contenido de mioglobina. Varias especies están en riesgo de extinción por la sobrepesca.
- 2Persona falta de inteligencia o entendimiento
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atnú
- attún
- atúnn
- aútn
- taún
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of atún - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "atún", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.