colador
[kolaˈð̞oɾ]
The verdict
“colador” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #39,644. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,644
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Utensilio de cocina que dispone de unos agujeros a modo de criba o filtro de alimentos con el objeto de escurrir y separar al alimento sólido de su caldo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-colador · colador · Spanish
colador · rank #39,644 · 10 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,644
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH coincidían
Nearest frequency peer: coincidían (-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 “colador”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- coexisten
coexisten
60,360 corpus weight
- coexistir
coexistir
60,359 corpus weight
- coincidían
coincidían
60,358 corpus weight
- colador
colador
60,357 corpus weight
- colmado
colmado
60,356 corpus weight
- colofón
colofón
60,355 corpus weight
What this shows “colador” 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 | colador |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kolaˈð̞oɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #39,644 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “colador”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around colador (IPA [kolaˈð̞oɾ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,644 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 colador, with forms such as "ccolador", "cloador", and "coaldor". 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, "color", "colar", "copado", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 colador, spelled C-O-L-A-D-O-R.
Definition
- 1Utensilio de cocina que dispone de unos agujeros a modo de criba o filtro de alimentos con el objeto de escurrir y separar al alimento sólido de su caldo.
- 2En sentido figurado, asignatura o proceso de selección difícil de superar.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how colador appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En el caso del golero azul, él asegura que no hay cátedras fáciles, pero que de a poco las saca adelante. “Hay varios coladores. Biología en primer año, Anatomía en segundo y Fisiología en tercero …”.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccolador
- cloador
- coaldor
- coladdor
- coladorr
- coladro
- colaodr
- coldaor
- collador
- oclador
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of colador - 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
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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).