bolita
[boˈlit̪a]
The verdict
“bolita” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #26,730. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,730
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Diminutivo del sustantivo bola.
Corpus desk
Index ES-bolita · bolita · Spanish
bolita · rank #26,730 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,730
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH bloom
Nearest frequency peer: bloom (-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 “bolita”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- biopsia
biopsia
73,274 corpus weight
- biólogo
biólogo
73,273 corpus weight
- bloom
bloom
73,272 corpus weight
- bolita
bolita
73,271 corpus weight
- bonificación
bonificación
73,270 corpus weight
- bronceado
bronceado
73,268 corpus weight
What this shows “bolita” 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 | bolita |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [boˈlit̪a] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #26,730 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “bolita”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around bolita (IPA [boˈlit̪a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,730 among 2,459 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for bolita, with forms such as "bbolita", "bloita", and "boilta". 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, "bota", "bolt", "bolsa", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 bolita, spelled B-O-L-I-T-A.
Definition
- 1Diminutivo del sustantivo bola.
- 2En particular, bolita₁ de cerámica, piedra o cristal utilizada para juegos infantiles.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bolita appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
El dicho día, habiendo dispensado en que la información de Esteban Fernández se haga en esta ciudad por ser músico, se echaron sus suertes en unas bolitas de plata entradas en una caja de nogal entre los señores canónigos a quien tocó hacer dicha información.
Despues de que los Indios han juntado en la boca una porción suficiento de hojas para formar una bolita, del tamaño de una pequeña nuez, dan a esta bolita repetidas vueltas, desde el un carrillo al otro, para que se ablanden y suelten las hojas el verdin, el qual se presenta en las primeras salivas.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbolita
- bloita
- boilta
- boliat
- bolitta
- bollita
- boltia
- oblita
- volita
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bolita - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "bolita", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).