autor
[awˈt̪oɾ]
The verdict
“autor” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #737. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #737
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Persona que crea algo y, en particular, una obra de literatura o de arte.
Corpus desk
Index ES-autor · autor · Spanish
autor · rank #737 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #737
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH arriba
Nearest frequency peer: arriba (-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 “autor”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- aire
aire
99,267 corpus weight
- América
América
99,266 corpus weight
- arriba
arriba
99,265 corpus weight
- autor
autor
99,264 corpus weight
- baja
baja
99,263 corpus weight
- diferencia
diferencia
99,262 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “autor” 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 | autor |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [awˈt̪oɾ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #737 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “autor” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around autor (IPA [awˈt̪oɾ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #737 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for autor, with forms such as "atuor", "auotr", and "autorr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "autos", "autora", "autores", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is autor, spelled A-U-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1Persona que crea algo y, en particular, una obra de literatura o de arte.
- 2Persona que realiza una acción determinada.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how autor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Yo conozco al autor de este libro.
Él es el autor del crimen.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atuor
- auotr
- autorr
- autro
- auttor
- uator
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of autor - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "autor", 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 (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "autor". Here's where to go from here.
- "autor" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "autos". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #737 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "A" letter cohort. A–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.