declinar
[d̪ekliˈnaɾ]
The verdict
“declinar” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #36,507. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,507
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inclinarse hacia abajo o hacia un lado u otro.
Corpus desk
Index ES-declinar · declinar · Spanish
declinar · rank #36,507 · 12 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,507
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH Daphne
Nearest frequency peer: Daphne (-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 “declinar”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- córnea
córnea
63,497 corpus weight
- Daphne
Daphne
63,495 corpus weight
- declinar
declinar
63,494 corpus weight
- decorativa
decorativa
63,493 corpus weight
- demolido
demolido
63,491 corpus weight
- denunciamos
denunciamos
63,490 corpus weight
What this shows “declinar” 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 | declinar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪ekliˈnaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #36,507 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “declinar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around declinar (IPA [d̪ekliˈnaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #36,507 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for declinar, with forms such as "dcelinar", "ddeclinar", and "decclinar". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "destinar", "delinear", "deslizar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is declinar, spelled D-E-C-L-I-N-A-R.
Definition
- 1Inclinarse hacia abajo o hacia un lado u otro.
- 2Perder vigor y protagonismo.
- 3Llegar algo a su término.
- 4Ir cambiando de naturaleza o de parecer hasta llegar al extremo opuesto.
- 5Reclinar.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how declinar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
¿Cómo puede ocultarse uno frente a lo que nunca declina?
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- dcelinar
- ddeclinar
- decclinar
- decilnar
- declianr
- declinarr
- declinnar
- declinra
- decllinar
- declniar
- delcinar
- edclinar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of declinar - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "declinar", 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).