cartero
[kaɾˈt̪eɾo]
The verdict
“cartero” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #27,137. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,137
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - El que reparte por las casas las cartas del correo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cartero · cartero · Spanish
cartero · rank #27,137 · 10 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,137
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH caritas
Nearest frequency peer: caritas (-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 “cartero”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- capos
capos
72,867 corpus weight
- cardiovascu…
cardiovascular
72,866 corpus weight
- caritas
caritas
72,865 corpus weight
- cartero
cartero
72,864 corpus weight
- causales
causales
72,862 corpus weight
- cazadora
cazadora
72,861 corpus weight
What this shows “cartero” 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 | cartero |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaɾˈt̪eɾo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #27,137 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “cartero”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around cartero (IPA [kaɾˈt̪eɾo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,137 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "El que reparte por las casas las cartas del correo.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for cartero, with forms such as "acrtero", "caretro", and "carrtero". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Castro", "casero", "Cartes", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 cartero, spelled C-A-R-T-E-R-O.
Definition
- 1El que reparte por las casas las cartas del correo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acrtero
- caretro
- carrtero
- carteor
- carterro
- cartreo
- carttero
- catrero
- ccartero
- cratero
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cartero - 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
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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 (10 here; floor ≥5).