autorizar
[awt̪oɾiˈsaɾ]
The verdict
“autorizar” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #16,763. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,763
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dar a alguien autoridad o facultad para hacer algo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-autorizar · autorizar · Spanish
autorizar · rank #16,763 · 12 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,763
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH autonómico
Nearest frequency peer: autonómico (-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 “autorizar”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- arquitectón…
arquitectónico
83,241 corpus weight
- atravesado
atravesado
83,240 corpus weight
- autonómico
autonómico
83,239 corpus weight
- autorizar
autorizar
83,238 corpus weight
- avanzan
avanzan
83,237 corpus weight
- bancas
bancas
83,236 corpus weight
What this shows “autorizar” 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 | autorizar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [awt̪oɾiˈsaɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #16,763 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “autorizar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around autorizar (IPA [awt̪oɾiˈsaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,763 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for autorizar, with forms such as "atuorizar", "auotrizar", and "autoirzar". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "autoría", "autoriza", "autoridad", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 autorizar, spelled A-U-T-O-R-I-Z-A-R.
Definition
- 1Dar a alguien autoridad o facultad para hacer algo.
- 2Dar fe el escribano o notario en un documento.
- 3Confirmar, comprobar algo con autoridad, texto o sentencia de algún autor.
- 4Aprobar o abonar.
- 5Dar importancia o lustre a alguien o algo.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atuorizar
- auotrizar
- autoirzar
- autoriazr
- autorizarr
- autorizra
- autorizzar
- autorrizar
- autorziar
- autroizar
- auttorizar
- uatorizar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of autorizar - 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).