diagonal
[d̪jaɣ̞oˈnal]
The verdict
“diagonal” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #16,559. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,559
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Recta que une un vértice de un polígono o de un poliedro con otro vértice no consecutivo. Informalmente, recta inclinada con respecto a otras paralelas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-diagonal · diagonal · Spanish
diagonal · rank #16,559 · 11 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #16,559
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH despegar
Nearest frequency peer: despegar (-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 “diagonal”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- descritos
descritos
83,446 corpus weight
- deshacer
deshacer
83,445 corpus weight
- desobedienc…
desobediencia
83,444 corpus weight
- despegar
despegar
83,443 corpus weight
- diagonal
diagonal
83,442 corpus weight
- dirían
dirían
83,440 corpus weight
What this shows “diagonal” 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 | diagonal |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [d̪jaɣ̞oˈnal] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #16,559 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “diagonal”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around diagonal (IPA [d̪jaɣ̞oˈnal]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,559 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Recta que une un vértice de un polígono o de un poliedro con otro vértice no consecutivo. Informalmente, recta inclinada con respecto a otras paralelas.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for diagonal, with forms such as "daigonal", "ddiagonal", and "diaggonal". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "diagonales", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is diagonal, spelled D-I-A-G-O-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Recta que une un vértice de un polígono o de un poliedro con otro vértice no consecutivo. Informalmente, recta inclinada con respecto a otras paralelas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how diagonal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cómo trazar puntos de números irracionales en la recta numérica. La diferencia entre un número racional y uno irracional puede ser ejemplificada de la siguiente manera. Un decimal que se repite sin fin puede expresarse como la relación de dos enteros, y esta proporción es llamada número racional. Un decimal que no se repite y no termina, no puede expresar…
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- daigonal
- ddiagonal
- diaggonal
- diagnoal
- diagoanl
- diagonall
- diagonla
- diagonnal
- diaognal
- digaonal
- idagonal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of diagonal - 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 "diagonal", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).