compacto
[kõmˈpakt̪o]
The verdict
“compacto” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #18,189. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,189
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dice de un cuerpo o material de textura densa, poco porosa.
Corpus desk
Index ES-compacto · compacto · Spanish
compacto · rank #18,189 · 12 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,189
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH comiste
Nearest frequency peer: comiste (-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 “compacto”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- clavado
clavado
81,815 corpus weight
- clientela
clientela
81,814 corpus weight
- comiste
comiste
81,813 corpus weight
- compacto
compacto
81,812 corpus weight
- compatibili…
compatibilidad
81,811 corpus weight
- conciliar
conciliar
81,810 corpus weight
What this shows “compacto” 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 | compacto |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kõmˈpakt̪o] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #18,189 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “compacto”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around compacto (IPA [kõmˈpakt̪o]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,189 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for compacto, with forms such as "ccompacto", "cmopacto", and "comapcto". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "cómputo", "comparo", "completo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 compacto, spelled C-O-M-P-A-C-T-O.
Definition
- 1Se dice de un cuerpo o material de textura densa, poco porosa.
- 2Se dice de un equipo o máquina que tiene reunidos en una sola pieza los diversos aparatos para ejercer su función.
- 3Que tiene mucha masa en relación con su volumen; condensado, denso.
- 4Que tiene o permite acomodar muchas letras en poco espacio.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how compacto appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Las maderas más compactas son más pesadas.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccompacto
- cmopacto
- comapcto
- commpacto
- compaccto
- compacot
- compactto
- compatco
- compcato
- comppacto
- copmacto
- ocmpacto
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of compacto - 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "compacto", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).