austeridad

[awst̪eɾiˈð̞að̞]

/[awst̪eɾiˈð̞að̞]/ noun

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The verdict

“austeridad” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #10,615. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,615
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Severidad, rigor en el ajuste a las normas de la moral o ética.

Corpus desk

Index ES-austeridad · austeridad · Spanish

austeridad · rank #10,615 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #10,615
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH ballet

Nearest frequency peer: ballet (+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 “austeridad”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “austeridad” 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).

austeridad vs autoridad
80% similar

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

Key facts for austeridad
PropertyValue
Headwordausteridad
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[awst̪eɾiˈð̞að̞]
Letters10
Frequency rank#10,615
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “austeridad”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).austeridadcae aquí:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “ballet” (#10,616), “asiste” (#10,613), “Apocalipsis” (#10,612). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “austeridad” va en #10,615. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around austeridad (IPA [awst̪eɾiˈð̞að̞]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,615 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for austeridad, with forms such as "asuteridad", "ausetridad", and "aussteridad". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "autoridad", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is austeridad, spelled A-U-S-T-E-R-I-D-A-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Severidad, rigor en el ajuste a las normas de la moral o ética.
  2. 2
    Cualidad de austero o austera.
  3. 3
    Sin adorno, carente de ornato o lujo alguno.
  4. 4
    Régimen económico propuganado por el neoliberalismo de recorte de gastos en época de crisis (de uso reciente, procedente del inglés austerity y no recogido en el Diccionario de la Real Academia Española).
  5. 5
    Régimen de vida en el cual se reducen al mínimo los gastos eliminando aquellos superfluos dejando sólo los más básicos e imprescindibles; muchas veces incluso sacrificando algunos de estos.

This word in other languages

austerity(English)austérité(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asuteridad
  • ausetridad
  • aussteridad
  • austeirdad
  • austerdiad
  • austeriadd
  • austeridadd
  • austeridda
  • austeriddad
  • austerridad
  • austreidad
  • austteridad
  • autseridad
  • uasteridad

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

asuteridad2ausetridad2aussteridad1austeirdad2austerdiad2austeriadd2austeridadd1austeridda2
Edit distance from "austeridad"

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 "austeridad"?
"austeridad" is spelled A-U-S-T-E-R-I-D-A-D. The IPA pronunciation is [awst̪eɾiˈð̞að̞].
What does "austeridad" mean?
As a noun, "austeridad" means: Severidad, rigor en el ajuste a las normas de la moral o ética.
What words are commonly confused with "austeridad"?
"austeridad" is commonly confused with "autoridad". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "austeridad"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "austeridad" is [awst̪eɾiˈð̞að̞]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "austeridad" come from?
"austeridad" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

abundantes#10,601catástrofe#10,633ceremonias#10,634Villanueva#10,593

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

Bartolomé14 variantscambiemos14 variantsdenuncian14 variantssanitarios14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list