colibrí
[koliˈβ̞ɾi]
The verdict
“colibrí” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #38,016. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,016
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (familia Trochilidae) Cualquiera de numerosas especies de aves de muy reducido tamaño y oriundas de América que tienen plumaje irisado, pico largo y la capacidad de cernerse y volar hacia atrás.
Corpus desk
Index ES-colibri · colibrí · Spanish
colibrí · rank #38,016 · 11 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,016
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH componiendo
Nearest frequency peer: componiendo (+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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “colibrí”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- chulos
chulos
61,991 corpus weight
- cinética
cinética
61,990 corpus weight
- Cisternas
Cisternas
61,989 corpus weight
- colibrí
colibrí
61,985 corpus weight
- componiendo
componiendo
61,983 corpus weight
- confirmaba
confirmaba
61,980 corpus weight
What this shows “colibrí” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | colibrí |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [koliˈβ̞ɾi] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #38,016 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “colibrí”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around colibrí (IPA [koliˈβ̞ɾi]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,016 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "(familia Trochilidae) Cualquiera de numerosas especies de aves de muy reducido tamaño y oriundas de América que tienen plumaje irisado, pico largo y la capacidad de cernerse y volar hacia atrás.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for colibrí, with forms such as "ccolibrí", "cloibrí", and "coilbrí". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is colibrí, spelled C-O-L-I-B-R-Í.
Definition
- 1(familia Trochilidae) Cualquiera de numerosas especies de aves de muy reducido tamaño y oriundas de América que tienen plumaje irisado, pico largo y la capacidad de cernerse y volar hacia atrás.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how colibrí appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Así lo prueban algunos trozos de su poema, que, sin embargo, presenta muchos rasgos superiores en el mismo género: tales son la bellísima descripción del colibrí, las del perro, del caballo y del asno, servidor humilde y laborioso del hombre, a quien no desdeñó mencionar la heroica musa del cantor de Aquiles.
Sólo un colibrí voló, como un torpedo, hasta chocar sus alas en la ventana.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccolibrí
- cloibrí
- coilbrí
- colbirí
- colibbrí
- colibrrí
- colibír
- colirbí
- colivrí
- collibrí
- oclibrí
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of colibrí - 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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