característico
[kaɾakt̪eˈɾist̪iko]
The verdict
“característico” has 21 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #10,631. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,631
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 21
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que permite distinguir a una persona o cosa de sus semejantes.
Corpus desk
Index ES-caracteristico · característico · Spanish
característico · rank #10,631 · 21 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,631
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 21 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cantos
Nearest frequency peer: cantos (-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 “característico”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- cansados
cansados
89,373 corpus weight
- cante
cante
89,372 corpus weight
- cantos
cantos
89,371 corpus weight
- característ…
característico
89,370 corpus weight
- case
case
89,369 corpus weight
- catástrofe
catástrofe
89,368 corpus weight
What this shows “característico” 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 | característico |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kaɾakt̪eˈɾist̪iko] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #10,631 |
| Misspellings tracked | 21 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “característico”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 21 spelling variants around característico (IPA [kaɾakt̪eˈɾist̪iko]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,631 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for característico, with forms such as "acracterístico", "caarcterístico", and "caraccterístico". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "característicos", "característica", "características", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is característico, spelled C-A-R-A-C-T-E-R-Í-S-T-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1Que permite distinguir a una persona o cosa de sus semejantes.
- 2Que pertenece o concierne al carácter.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acracterístico
- caarcterístico
- caraccterístico
- caracetrístico
- caracterrístico
- caractersítico
- caracterísitco
- caracterísstico
- característcio
- característicco
- característioc
- característtico
- caracterítsico
- caracteírstico
- caractreístico
- caractterístico
- caratcerístico
- carcaterístico
- carracterístico
- ccaracterístico
- craacterístico
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of característico - 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 "característico", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (21 here; floor ≥5).