caramelo
[kaɾaˈmelo]
The verdict
“caramelo” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #14,091. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,091
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sustancia pegajosa semilíquida que se forma al derretir azúcar ya sea solo o con agua.
Corpus desk
Index ES-caramelo · caramelo · Spanish
caramelo · rank #14,091 · 11 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,091
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH callada
Nearest frequency peer: callada (-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 “caramelo”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- cabras
cabras
85,913 corpus weight
- caigo
caigo
85,912 corpus weight
- callada
callada
85,911 corpus weight
- caramelo
caramelo
85,910 corpus weight
- centenar
centenar
85,909 corpus weight
- Ceuta
Ceuta
85,908 corpus weight
What this shows “caramelo” 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 | caramelo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaɾaˈmelo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #14,091 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “caramelo”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around caramelo (IPA [kaɾaˈmelo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,091 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for caramelo, with forms such as "acramelo", "caarmelo", and "caraemlo". 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, "Carmelo", "Carmela", "caramelos", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is caramelo, spelled C-A-R-A-M-E-L-O.
Definition
- 1Sustancia pegajosa semilíquida que se forma al derretir azúcar ya sea solo o con agua.
- 2Golosina que se hace al dejar enfriar el caramelo derretido.
- 3Se dice del pedazo de hielo, carámbano o cerrión.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acramelo
- caarmelo
- caraemlo
- caramello
- carameol
- caramleo
- carammelo
- carmaelo
- carramelo
- ccaramelo
- craamelo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of caramelo - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "caramelo", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).