clítoris

Name: clítoris, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈklit̪oɾis]

/[ˈklit̪oɾis]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“clítoris” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #29,107. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,107
frequency rank, Spanish: 8,288
“C” headwords: 12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Órgano eréctil y muy sensible de la hembra de los mamíferos, homólogo estructural del pene, que se ubica internamente tras los labios internos de la vulva y se proyecta al exterior junto a la comis...

Corpus desk

Index ES-clitoris · clítoris · Spanish

clítoris · rank #29,107 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #29,107
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-MID 12 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,288
PHOTO-FINISH cliff

Nearest frequency peer: cliff (-2 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.

circle

70,898
clash

70,897
cliff

70,896
clítoris

70,894
Cobos

70,892
cocida

70,891

What this shows “clítoris” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Key facts for clítoris
Property	Value
Headword	clítoris
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈklit̪oɾis]
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#29,107
Misspellings tracked	12
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “clítoris”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).clítoriscae aquí:

#29,107

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “cliff” (#29,105), “Cobos” (#29,109), “clash” (#29,104). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “clítoris” va en #29,107. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around clítoris (IPA [ˈklit̪oɾis]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,107 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Órgano eréctil y muy sensible de la hembra de los mamíferos, homólogo estructural del pene, que se ubica internamente tras los labios internos de la vulva y se proyecta al exterior junto a la comis...".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for clítoris, with forms such as "cclítoris", "cllítoris", and "cltíoris". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is clítoris, spelled C-L-Í-T-O-R-I-S.

Definition

1
Órgano eréctil y muy sensible de la hembra de los mamíferos, homólogo estructural del pene, que se ubica internamente tras los labios internos de la vulva y se proyecta al exterior junto a la comisura de estos. Su estimulación es la principal fuente de placer sexual en la mujer.

Synonyms

pipirigallo pepa

This word in other languages

clitoris(English)clitoris(Français)Klitoris(Deutsch)clítoris(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

cclítoris
cllítoris
cltíoris
clíotris
clítoirs
clítoriss
clítorris
clítorsi
clítrois
clíttoris
cíltoris
lcítoris

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of clítoris - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "clítoris"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "clítoris"?

"clítoris" is spelled C-L-Í-T-O-R-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈklit̪oɾis].

What does "clítoris" mean?

As a noun, "clítoris" means: Órgano eréctil y muy sensible de la hembra de los mamíferos, homólogo estructural del pene, que se ubica internamente tras los labios internos de la vulva y se proyecta al exterior junto a la comis...

What are common misspellings of "clítoris"?

Common misspellings include "cclítoris", "cllítoris", "cltíoris", "clíotris", "clítoirs". The correct spelling is "clítoris".

How do you pronounce "clítoris"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "clítoris" is [ˈklit̪oɾis]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "clítoris" come from?

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "clítoris", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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