bolsillo
[bolˈsiʝo]
The verdict
“bolsillo” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #3,900. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,900
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bolsa pequeña, ubicada en algunas prendas de vestir, que se usa para guardar cosas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-bolsillo · bolsillo · Spanish
bolsillo · rank #3,900 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #3,900
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH bicicleta
Nearest frequency peer: bicicleta (-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 “bolsillo”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- autobús
autobús
96,104 corpus weight
- barra
barra
96,103 corpus weight
- bicicleta
bicicleta
96,102 corpus weight
- bolsillo
bolsillo
96,101 corpus weight
- busco
busco
96,100 corpus weight
- camiseta
camiseta
96,099 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “bolsillo” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | bolsillo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bolˈsiʝo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #3,900 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bolsillo” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around bolsillo (IPA [bolˈsiʝo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,900 among 2,459 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Bolsa pequeña, ubicada en algunas prendas de vestir, que se usa para guardar cosas.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for bolsillo, with forms such as "bbolsillo", "blosillo", and "bolcillo". 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. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "bolsillos", 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is bolsillo, spelled B-O-L-S-I-L-L-O.
Definition
- 1Bolsa pequeña, ubicada en algunas prendas de vestir, que se usa para guardar cosas.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbolsillo
- blosillo
- bolcillo
- bolisllo
- bollsillo
- bolsilo
- bolsilol
- bolslilo
- bolssillo
- boslillo
- oblsillo
- volsillo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bolsillo - 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 September 3, 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 "bolsillo", 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "bolsillos". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #3,900 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "B" letter cohort. B–Z browse
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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.