discriminar
[d̪iskɾimiˈnaɾ]
The verdict
“discriminar” has 17 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #21,640. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,640
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Discernir; seleccionar determinados elementos de un conjunto de acuerdo a ciertos criterios de exclusión.
Corpus desk
Index ES-discriminar · discriminar · Spanish
discriminar · rank #21,640 · 17 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,640
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH difamación
Nearest frequency peer: difamación (-2 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 “discriminar”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- despedidas
despedidas
78,366 corpus weight
- desplazarse
desplazarse
78,365 corpus weight
- dibujado
dibujado
78,364 corpus weight
- difamación
difamación
78,363 corpus weight
- discriminar
discriminar
78,361 corpus weight
- disparate
disparate
78,359 corpus weight
What this shows “discriminar” 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 | discriminar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪iskɾimiˈnaɾ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #21,640 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “discriminar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around discriminar (IPA [d̪iskɾimiˈnaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #21,640 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for discriminar, with forms such as "ddiscriminar", "dicsriminar", and "disccriminar". 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, "discrimina", "discriminan", "discriminado", 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, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is discriminar, spelled D-I-S-C-R-I-M-I-N-A-R.
Definition
- 1Discernir; seleccionar determinados elementos de un conjunto de acuerdo a ciertos criterios de exclusión.
- 2Dar un trato desigual a una persona de forma injusta debido a alguna condición particular que presente.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddiscriminar
- dicsriminar
- disccriminar
- discirminar
- discriimnar
- discrimianr
- discriminarr
- discriminnar
- discriminra
- discrimminar
- discrimniar
- discrmiinar
- discrriminar
- disrciminar
- disscriminar
- dsicriminar
- idscriminar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of discriminar - 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 "discriminar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).