circus
/ˈkir.kus/
The verdict
“circus” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #44,634. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,634
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Círculo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-circus · circus · Spanish
circus · rank #44,634 · 10 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,634
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH circulen
Nearest frequency peer: circulen (-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 “circus”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- cielito
cielito
55,370 corpus weight
- cierne
cierne
55,369 corpus weight
- circulen
circulen
55,368 corpus weight
- circus
circus
55,367 corpus weight
- climate
climate
55,366 corpus weight
- cocacola
cocacola
55,364 corpus weight
What this shows “circus” 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 | circus |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkir.kus/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #44,634 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “circus”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around circus (IPA /ˈkir.kus/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,634 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for circus, with forms such as "ccircus", "cicrus", and "circcus". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "corpus", "circo", "circa", and more, 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 circus, spelled C-I-R-C-U-S.
Definition
- 1Círculo.
- 2Circo.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccircus
- cicrus
- circcus
- circsu
- circuss
- cirrcus
- cirucs
- cricus
- icrcus
- sircus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of circus - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "circus", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).