castillejo
[kast̪iˈʝexo]
The verdict
“castillejo” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #48,277. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,277
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Diminutivo de castillo.
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 | castillejo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kast̪iˈʝexo] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #48,277 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “castillejo” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around castillejo (IPA [kast̪iˈʝexo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,277 among 77,812 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for castillejo, with forms such as "acstillejo", "casitllejo", and "casstillejo". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "castillo", "casillero", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is castillejo, spelled C-A-S-T-I-L-L-E-J-O.
Definition
- 1Diminutivo de castillo.
- 2Juego infantil que consiste en tirar a distancia una o más nueces sobre un montoncito formado por otras cuatro. Gana el que derriba el castillejo.
- 3Andamio que se arma para levantar pesos considerables, generalmente en la construcción de edificios.
- 4Carretón pequeño en que se pone a los niños para que se enseñen a andar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acstillejo
- casitllejo
- casstillejo
- castilejo
- castileljo
- castillejjo
- castilleoj
- castilljeo
- castlilejo
- casttillejo
- catsillejo
- ccastillejo
- csatillejo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of castillejo - 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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Using “castillejo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-S-T-I-L-L-E-J-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kast̪iˈʝexo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “castillo” - see the side-by-side comparison. castillejo vs castillo
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
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.