controversial
[kõn̪t̪ɾoβ̞eɾˈsjal]
The verdict
“controversial” has 22 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #22,626. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,626
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 22
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dicho de un asunto: que siempre es motivo de debate y que da lugar a posturas contrapuestas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-controversial · controversial · Spanish
controversial · rank #22,626 · 22 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,626
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 22 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH contrae
Nearest frequency peer: contrae (-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 “controversial”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- consagrada
consagrada
77,378 corpus weight
- consonancia
consonancia
77,377 corpus weight
- contrae
contrae
77,376 corpus weight
- controversi…
controversial
77,375 corpus weight
- conventos
conventos
77,374 corpus weight
- cordiales
cordiales
77,372 corpus weight
What this shows “controversial” 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 | controversial |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kõn̪t̪ɾoβ̞eɾˈsjal] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #22,626 |
| Misspellings tracked | 22 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “controversial”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 22 spelling variants around controversial (IPA [kõn̪t̪ɾoβ̞eɾˈsjal]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,626 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Dicho de un asunto: que siempre es motivo de debate y que da lugar a posturas contrapuestas.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for controversial, with forms such as "ccontroversial", "cnotroversial", and "conntroversial". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "controversias", "controversiales", "controversia", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is controversial, spelled C-O-N-T-R-O-V-E-R-S-I-A-L.
Definition
- 1Dicho de un asunto: que siempre es motivo de debate y que da lugar a posturas contrapuestas.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccontroversial
- cnotroversial
- conntroversial
- conrtoversial
- contorversial
- controbersial
- controevrsial
- controvercial
- controverisal
- controverrsial
- controversail
- controversiall
- controversila
- controverssial
- controvesrial
- controvresial
- controvversial
- contrroversial
- contrvoersial
- conttroversial
- cotnroversial
- ocntroversial
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of controversial - 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 "controversial", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (22 here; floor ≥5).