bastardo
[basˈt̪aɾð̞o]
The verdict
“bastardo” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #21,910. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,910
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De origen impuro, mestizo o confuso.
Corpus desk
Index ES-bastardo · bastardo · Spanish
bastardo · rank #21,910 · 13 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,910
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH Barquisimeto
Nearest frequency peer: Barquisimeto (-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 “bastardo”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- audacia
audacia
78,095 corpus weight
- avanzaba
avanzaba
78,094 corpus weight
- Barquisimeto
Barquisimeto
78,092 corpus weight
- bastardo
bastardo
78,091 corpus weight
- Bermudas
Bermudas
78,090 corpus weight
- bombilla
bombilla
78,089 corpus weight
What this shows “bastardo” 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 | bastardo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [basˈt̪aɾð̞o] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #21,910 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “bastardo”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around bastardo (IPA [basˈt̪aɾð̞o]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #21,910 among 2,459 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for bastardo, with forms such as "abstardo", "basatrdo", and "basstardo". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "bastaría", "bastardos", "basado", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is bastardo, spelled B-A-S-T-A-R-D-O.
Definition
- 1De origen impuro, mestizo o confuso.
- 2Progenie de una mujer de vida licenciosa, adúltera o dedicada a la prostitución.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abstardo
- basatrdo
- basstardo
- bastadro
- bastarddo
- bastarod
- bastarrdo
- bastrado
- basttardo
- batsardo
- bbastardo
- bsatardo
- vastardo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bastardo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "bastardo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).