autodefensa
[awt̪oð̞eˈfẽnsa]
The verdict
“autodefensa” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #27,494. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,494
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Técnicas de lucha para protegerse uno mismo ante posibles amenazas.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | autodefensa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [awt̪oð̞eˈfẽnsa] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #27,494 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “autodefensa” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around autodefensa (IPA [awt̪oð̞eˈfẽnsa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,494 among 120,137 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Técnicas de lucha para protegerse uno mismo ante posibles amenazas.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for autodefensa, with forms such as "atuodefensa", "auotdefensa", and "autdoefensa". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is autodefensa, spelled A-U-T-O-D-E-F-E-N-S-A.
Definition
- 1Técnicas de lucha para protegerse uno mismo ante posibles amenazas.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atuodefensa
- auotdefensa
- autdoefensa
- autoddefensa
- autodeefnsa
- autodefenas
- autodefennsa
- autodefenssa
- autodefesna
- autodeffensa
- autodefnesa
- autodfeensa
- autoedfensa
- auttodefensa
- uatodefensa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of autodefensa - 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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Using “autodefensa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-U-T-O-D-E-F-E-N-S-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [awt̪oð̞eˈfẽnsa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.