balde
[ˈbal̪d̪e]
The verdict
“balde” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #17,609. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,609
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cubo, especialmente de lona o cuero, que se emplea para sacar y transportar agua, sobre todo en las embarcaciones.
Corpus desk
Index ES-balde · balde · Spanish
balde · rank #17,609 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,609
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH balazos
Nearest frequency peer: balazos (-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 “balde”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- bajamos
bajamos
82,395 corpus weight
- bajé
bajé
82,394 corpus weight
- balazos
balazos
82,393 corpus weight
- balde
balde
82,392 corpus weight
- bilaterales
bilaterales
82,389 corpus weight
- blanda
blanda
82,388 corpus weight
What this shows “balde” 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 | balde |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbal̪d̪e] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #17,609 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “balde”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around balde (IPA [ˈbal̪d̪e]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,609 among 2,459 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Cubo, especialmente de lona o cuero, que se emplea para sacar y transportar agua, sobre todo en las embarcaciones.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for balde, with forms such as "ablde", "badle", and "baldde". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "base", "blue", "ball", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is balde, spelled B-A-L-D-E.
Definition
- 1Cubo, especialmente de lona o cuero, que se emplea para sacar y transportar agua, sobre todo en las embarcaciones.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how balde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Contraje todos los músculos de la cara y solo esperaba el ruido del muñequito haciéndose trizas en el suelo, pero gracias a Dios, abajo había un balde lleno de agua sucia».
«Escurre el paño en el balde y seca los azulejos».
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ablde
- badle
- baldde
- baled
- ballde
- bbalde
- valde
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of balde - 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 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).