defectuoso
[d̪efekˈt̪woso]
The verdict
“defectuoso” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #23,016. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,016
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que tiene uno o más defectos o fallas
Corpus desk
Index ES-defectuoso · defectuoso · Spanish
defectuoso · rank #23,016 · 14 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,016
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH dañino
Nearest frequency peer: dañino (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “defectuoso”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Culiacán
Culiacán
76,988 corpus weight
- cósmico
cósmico
76,987 corpus weight
- dañino
dañino
76,986 corpus weight
- defectuoso
defectuoso
76,985 corpus weight
- defendieron
defendieron
76,984 corpus weight
- derogar
derogar
76,982 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “defectuoso” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | defectuoso |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [d̪efekˈt̪woso] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #23,016 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “defectuoso” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around defectuoso (IPA [d̪efekˈt̪woso]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #23,016 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for defectuoso, with forms such as "ddefectuoso", "deefctuoso", and "defcetuoso". 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, "defectuosos", "defectos", "defectuosa", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is defectuoso, spelled D-E-F-E-C-T-U-O-S-O.
Definition
- 1Que tiene uno o más defectos o fallas
- 2De mala calidad.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddefectuoso
- deefctuoso
- defcetuoso
- defecctuoso
- defectouso
- defecttuoso
- defectuoos
- defectuosso
- defectusoo
- defecutoso
- defetcuoso
- deffectuoso
- dfeectuoso
- edfectuoso
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of defectuoso - 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 "defectuoso", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "defectuoso" maps to 3 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "defectuosos". View pair
- 14 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #23,016 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "D" letter cohort. D–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.