discreto
[d̪isˈkɾet̪o]
The verdict
“discreto” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #13,889. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,889
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que no llama la atención.
Corpus desk
Index ES-discreto · discreto · Spanish
discreto · rank #13,889 · 12 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,889
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH diecisiete
Nearest frequency peer: diecisiete (-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 “discreto”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- dialogar
dialogar
86,115 corpus weight
- dicta
dicta
86,114 corpus weight
- diecisiete
diecisiete
86,113 corpus weight
- discreto
discreto
86,112 corpus weight
- distinguido
distinguido
86,111 corpus weight
- diverso
diverso
86,110 corpus weight
What this shows “discreto” 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 | discreto |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [d̪isˈkɾet̪o] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #13,889 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “discreto”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around discreto (IPA [d̪isˈkɾet̪o]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,889 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for discreto, with forms such as "ddiscreto", "dicsreto", and "disccreto". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "discuto", "distrito", "disfruto", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is discreto, spelled D-I-S-C-R-E-T-O.
Definition
- 1Que no llama la atención.
- 2Con tendencia a la mediocridad, nada extraordinario.
- 3Dicho de una persona: reservada, callada, poco habladora, capaz de guardar secretos.
- 4Por extensión, persona que actúa de manera solapada de modo tal que no se haga notar sus intenciones.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddiscreto
- dicsreto
- disccreto
- discerto
- discreot
- discretto
- discrreto
- discrteo
- disrceto
- disscreto
- dsicreto
- idscreto
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of discreto - 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 "discreto", 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).