bisturí
[bist̪uˈɾi]
The verdict
“bisturí” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #35,380. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,380
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 24,339
- “B” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Instrumento usado en medicina que consta de una cuchilla para hacer cortes o incisiones precisas, especialmente para fines quirúrgicos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-bisturi · bisturí · Spanish
bisturí · rank #35,380 · 11 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #35,380
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 24,339
- PHOTO-FINISH biólogos
Nearest frequency peer: biólogos (+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 “bisturí”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- bei
bei
64,625 corpus weight
- Benín
Benín
64,623 corpus weight
- bisturí
bisturí
64,621 corpus weight
- biólogos
biólogos
64,620 corpus weight
- bloody
bloody
64,619 corpus weight
- bolivianas
bolivianas
64,618 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “bisturí” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bisturí |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bist̪uˈɾi] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #35,380 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bisturí” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around bisturí (IPA [bist̪uˈɾi]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,380 among 24,339 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Instrumento usado en medicina que consta de una cuchilla para hacer cortes o incisiones precisas, especialmente para fines quirúrgicos.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for bisturí, with forms such as "bbisturí", "bissturí", and "bistruí". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is bisturí, spelled B-I-S-T-U-R-Í.
Definition
- 1Instrumento usado en medicina que consta de una cuchilla para hacer cortes o incisiones precisas, especialmente para fines quirúrgicos.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbisturí
- bissturí
- bistruí
- bistturí
- bisturrí
- bistuír
- bisutrí
- bitsurí
- bsiturí
- ibsturí
- visturí
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bisturí - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bisturí", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
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.