dificultad
[d̪ifikul̪ˈt̪að̞]
The verdict
“dificultad” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #4,238. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,238
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Contrariedad u obstáculo que se interpone en la consecución sin complicaciones de algún fin tal como llevar a cabo algo, llegar a algún lugar o comprender algo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-dificultad · dificultad · Spanish
dificultad · rank #4,238 · 15 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,238
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH dichas
Nearest frequency peer: dichas (-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 “dificultad”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- desaparición
desaparición
95,766 corpus weight
- destacado
destacado
95,765 corpus weight
- dichas
dichas
95,764 corpus weight
- dificultad
dificultad
95,763 corpus weight
- dudo
dudo
95,762 corpus weight
- emisión
emisión
95,760 corpus weight
What this shows “dificultad” 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 | dificultad |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d̪ifikul̪ˈt̪að̞] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #4,238 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “dificultad”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around dificultad (IPA [d̪ifikul̪ˈt̪að̞]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,238 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for dificultad, with forms such as "ddificultad", "dfiicultad", and "difciultad". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "dificultan", "dificultar", "dificultades", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is dificultad, spelled D-I-F-I-C-U-L-T-A-D.
Definition
- 1Contrariedad u obstáculo que se interpone en la consecución sin complicaciones de algún fin tal como llevar a cabo algo, llegar a algún lugar o comprender algo.
- 2Duda, argumento y réplica propuesta contra una opinión.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dificultad appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Los encontró intactos, entre las plantas prehistóricas y los charcos humeantes y los insectos luminosos que habían desterrado del cuarto todo vestigio del paso de los hombres por la tierra, y no tuvo serenidad para sacarlos a la luz, sino que allí mismo, de pie, sin la menor dificultad, como si hubieran estado escrito en castellano bajo el resplandor desl…
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddificultad
- dfiicultad
- difciultad
- difficultad
- dificcultad
- dificlutad
- dificulatd
- dificulltad
- dificultadd
- dificultda
- dificulttad
- dificutlad
- difiucltad
- diifcultad
- idficultad
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dificultad - 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 "dificultad", 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 (15 here; floor ≥5).