autopista
[awt̪oˈpist̪a]
The verdict
“autopista” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #5,372. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,372
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Carretera de uso público con calzadas independientes y más de un carril en cada sentido.
Corpus desk
Index ES-autopista · autopista · Spanish
autopista · rank #5,372 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,372
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH Arturo
Nearest frequency peer: Arturo (-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 “autopista”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- aportar
aportar
94,632 corpus weight
- Arturo
Arturo
94,630 corpus weight
- autopista
autopista
94,629 corpus weight
- azar
azar
94,628 corpus weight
- buscamos
buscamos
94,627 corpus weight
- camiones
camiones
94,626 corpus weight
What this shows “autopista” 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 | autopista |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [awt̪oˈpist̪a] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #5,372 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “autopista”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around autopista (IPA [awt̪oˈpist̪a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,372 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Carretera de uso público con calzadas independientes y más de un carril en cada sentido.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for autopista, with forms such as "atuopista", "auotpista", and "autoipsta". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "autopsia", "autopistas", "autista", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is autopista, spelled A-U-T-O-P-I-S-T-A.
Definition
- 1Carretera de uso público con calzadas independientes y más de un carril en cada sentido.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how autopista appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quiero verte desnuda El día que desfilen los cuerpos Que han sido salvados, nena Sobre alguna autopista Que tenga infinitos carteles Que no digan nada Y realmente quiero que te rías Y que digas que es un juego nomás
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atuopista
- auotpista
- autoipsta
- autopisat
- autopissta
- autopistta
- autopitsa
- autoppista
- autopsita
- autpoista
- auttopista
- uatopista
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of autopista - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).